Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová

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Marketa Lazarová

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Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.

7.8(152 votes)
1967
2h 46m
DramaHistory
rapebased on novel or bookkidnappingchristianityflashbackpaganismblack and whiteincestfortressmiddle ages (476-1453)

Overview

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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