Marketa Lazarová

7.9

/10

2h 39mDrama History Romance

In its native land, František Vláčil’s Marketa Lazarová has been hailed as the greatest Czech film ever made; for many U.S. viewers, it will be a revelation. Based on a novel by Vladislav Vančura, this stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and paganism, humankind and nature, love and violence. Vláčil’s approach was to re-create the textures and mentalities of a long-ago way of life, rather than to make a conventional historical drama, and the result is dazzling. With its inventive widescreen cinematography, editing, and sound design, Marketa Lazarová is an experimental action film.

Spoken language: cs

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

Watch "Marketa Lazarová" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Kanopy, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1967. It's a drama and history movie, and has a rating of 7.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.