RATINGS
IMDB
8.1
Metacritic
-
Marketa Lazarová(1967)
Czech film account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity
Romance
RUNTIME
162 min
AGE RATING
Not Rated
COUNTRY
Czechoslovakia
LANGUAGE
Czech
DIRECTOR
Frantisek Vlácil
CAST
Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Plot
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval Czechoslovakia - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.