Marketa Lazarová (1967) movie poster

Marketa Lazarová (1967)

"Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages."
ThumbScore
👍 87%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
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Director
František Vláčil
Runtime
2h 46m
Country
Czechoslovakia
Language
Czech
TMDB Rating
7.8/10 (167 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
100%

Cast

František Velecký as Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryová as Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúch as Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Pavla Polášková as Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Vlastimil Harapes as Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
Michal Kožuch as Lazar, Kozlík's rival
Josef Kemr as Kozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa Hejná as Kateřina, Kozlík's wife

Is Marketa Lazarová good?

Yes. 87% audience score, estimated from 167 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.

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Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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