Rent Marketa Lazarova (1967)

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2h 39min
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Synopsis:
Voted the best Czech film of all time, Marketa Lazarová is a powerful and passionate medieval epic set in the mid-13th Century. Based on avant-garde writer Vladislav Vancura’s novel, it follows the rivalry between two warring clans, the Kozlíks and the Lazars, and the doomed love affair of Mikolá Kozlík and Marketa Lazarová. Vlacil draws upon remote historical sources to recreate an authentic primitive world and fashion a film with surprising contemporary impact.
Owing as much to the stylistic vigour of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai as it does to the rich tapestry of Czech fiction, this ambitious and poetically extraordinary film is the crowning achievement of Vlacil's career and an undiscovered cornerstone of world cinema.
Actors:
, , Nada Hejna, , , , , Martin Mrazek, , Pavla Polaskova, Alena Pavlíková, , , , , Zdenek Kutil, , , ,
Directors:
Voiced By:
Antonie Hegerlíková, Petr Kostka, Martin Ruzek, Karolína Slunécková, Klaus-Peter Thiele, Marie Tomásová, Ladislav Trojan, Gabriela Vránová
Narrated By:
Zdenek Stepánek
Writers:
Frantisek Pavlícek, Vladislav Vancura
Studio:
SECOND RUN DVD
Genres:
Drama
Collections:
A Brief History of Films About Nuns, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Czech Films, Top 10 Winter and Snow Films, Top Films
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
BBFC:
Release Date:
03/12/2007
Run Time:
159 minutes
Languages:
Czech LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
B & W

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What was it all about? - Marketa Lazarova review by MD

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14/04/2015

I was looking forward to seeing this film, but found it incomprehensible. I could see it was trying hard to be realistic, but it was too bleak.

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