Marketa Lazarová

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

František Velecký Mikoláš, Kozlík's son

Magda Vášáryová Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter

Ivan Palúch Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son

Pavla Polášková Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter

Vlastimil Harapes Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau