Marketa Lazarová

The story

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.

Cast & crew

František VeleckýMikoláš, Kozlík's son

Magda VášáryováMarketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter

Ivan PalúchAdam, Kozlík's one-armed son

Pavla Polášková

Pavla PoláškováAlexandra, Kozlík's daughter

Vlastimil HarapesKristián, son of Bishop of Hennau

Michal Kožuch

Michal KožuchLazar, Kozlík's rival

Josef KemrKozlík, Lazar's rival

Naďa HejnáKateřina, Kozlík's wife

Jaroslav MoučkaJan, Kozlík's son

Zdeněk Kutil

Zdeněk KutilReiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet

Zdeněk ŘehořSovička, Aide to the Royal Governor

Karel Vašíček

Karel VašíčekJiří, Kozlík's son