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In its native land, František Vláčil’s Marketa Lazarová has been hailed as the greatest Czech film ever made; for many U.S. viewers, it will be a revelation. Based on a novel by Vladislav Vančura, this stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and paganism, humankind and nature, love and violence. Vláčil’s approach was to re-create the textures and mentalities of a long-ago way of life, rather than to make a conventional historical drama, and the result is dazzling. With its inventive widescreen cinematography, editing, and sound design, Marketa Lazarová is an experimental action film.
Original Release
11/24/1967
US Release
08/30/1974
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Josef Kemr | Kozlík |
Magda Vášáryová | Marketa Lazarova / Markéta Lazarová |
Nada Hejná | Katerina / Kateřina |
Jaroslav Moucka | Jan |
František Velecký | Mikolás / Mikoláš |
Karel Vasicek | Jirí / Jiří |
Ivan Palúch | Adam 'One-handed' / Adam |
Martin Mrazek | Václav |
Václav Sloup | Simon / Šimon |
Pavla Polaskova | Alexandria / Alexandra |
Directors
Writers
František Vláčil, František Pavlíček, Vladislav Vancura
Cast
Name | Character |
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Josef Kemr | Kozlík |
Magda Vášáryová | Marketa Lazarova / Markéta Lazarová |
Nada Hejná | Katerina / Kateřina |
Jaroslav Moucka | Jan |
František Velecký | Mikolás / Mikoláš |
Karel Vasicek | Jirí / Jiří |
Ivan Palúch | Adam 'One-handed' / Adam |
Martin Mrazek | Václav |
Václav Sloup | Simon / Šimon |
Pavla Polaskova | Alexandria / Alexandra |
Alena Pavlíková | Drahuse / Drahuše |
Michal Kozuch | Lazar |
Zdenek Lipovcan | Jakub |
Harry Studt | Old Count Kristián |
Vlastimil Harapes | Young Count Kristián / Kristián |
Zdenek Kutil | Reiner |
Frantisek Nechyba | Cabman |
Zdenek Kryzánek | Captain Beer / hejtman Pivo |
Zdenek Rehor | Sovicka / Sovička |
Jan Pohan | Cornette / Kornet |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Josef Ouzky | Executive Producer |
Josef Ouzky | Producer |