CZECH REPUBLIC · 1967
Marketa Lazarová
Czech New Wave
feudal conflict and power struggles
abduction and forced marriage
religious devotion versus worldly desires
family honor and vengeance
cultural clash between pagans and christians
social hierarchy and nobility
Synopsis
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.
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