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Marketa Lazarová

Release Date:August 30, 1974

Running Time:166 min

Genres:Drama, History

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Cast

František Velecký Magda Vášáryová Ivan Palúch Pavla Polášková Vlastimil Harapes Michal Kožuch Josef Kemr Naďa Hejná Jaroslav Moučka Zdeněk Kutil Zdeněk Řehoř Karel Vašíček

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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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