Marketa Lazarová

1967 [CZECH]

Action / Drama / History / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 6776 6.8K

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Plot summary

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

Director

Frantisek Vlácil Photo
Frantisek Vlácil

Top cast

Marie Tomásová Photo
Marie Tomásová as Prioress
Frantisek Velecký Photo
Frantisek Velecký as Mikolás
Petr Kostka Photo
Petr Kostka as Mikolás
Jan Pohan Photo
Jan Pohan as Cornette
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1.48 GB
1280*544
Czech 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 45 min
Seeds 9
2.75 GB
1920*816
Czech 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 45 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 5 / 10

Despite all the Battle scenes and barbaric interactions

Despite all the Battle scenes and barbaric interactions between these renaissance townsfolk Im flabbergasted how anyone can stay awake to watch this tired number. In all honesty I get the message the movie is trying to convey ;but common it could have been done more tastefully or even shortened. Here we have the story of a young innocent girl who seems to find it great to be taken by force . To top it off we get the comparison of their bizarre entanglement to the life of a Doe and a Stag? No thanks, Id rather watch 50 Shades of Gray again. At least there we can understand the upbringing of someone who suffered abuse and liking it.
Reviewed by Alec B 9 / 10

The film is like some fever dream that's

The film is like some fever dream that's intent on driving the viewer mad and while the plot is dense, its probably not as difficult to follow as has been suggested. There is some truly unforgettable imagery on display here.
Reviewed by William L 10 / 10

She's been promised to God." "The Lord enabled

"She's been promised to God." "The Lord enabled me to settle accounts." Combining stunningly beautiful shots right off the bat with a plot that pits the practical brutalism of the Middle Ages against the emerging Christian movement and the reestablishment of civilization, Marketa Lazarová is a masterclass in period film and one of the great artistic works of Czechoslovakia. The film evokes the tone resonant in much of Eastern European film, of a world built on violence, short-term gratification, and animal instinct. Society is treated as a fragile construct that can easily fracture when snows fall and stomachs growl. The film's brutality is treated as both senseless and a natural part of existence, and seldom effective at actually improving the conditions under which those who wield it live; none of the film's characters end up in improved circumstances as a result of their willingness to stray from a path of supposed morality. I can't undersell the quality of the visuals crafted by Vláčil and cinematographer Beda Batka; the cold marshes, the desolated homes, and the film's critical symbolism of the wolves in hunt are all rendered with beautiful clarity, framing, and composition. Though some of have criticized the film's intermittently dense plot, the nonlinear elements give the narrative a hallucinatory quality that adds to the mystique and maddeningly desolate plot and near-unredeemable nature of its characters. Heavy, but worthy of its renewed reputation as an international classic now that its full runtime has been restored. A devastating take on human nature. (5/5)
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