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In its home country, František Vlácil’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 Vancura, 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. Vlácil’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.
CONDITION: NEW
Actors: Josef Kemr, Magda Vasaryova, Nada Hejna, Ivan Paluch, Vlastimil Harapes
Directors: Frantisek Vlacil
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: German, Czech
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 18, 2013
Run Time: 159 minutes
Cast & Crew
Magda Vasaryova Marketa Lazarova
Frantisek Velecky Mikolas
Josef Kemr Kozlik
Harry Studt Old Count Christian
Vlastimil Harapes Young Count Christian
Vladimir Mensik Wandering Monk Bernard
Karla Chadimova Prioress
Technical Credits
Frantisek Vlacil Director,Screenwriter
Bedrich Batka Cinematographer
Miroslav Hajek Editor
Zdenek Liska Score Composer
Oldrich Okac Set Decoration/Design
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