CZECH REPUBLIC · 1967
Marketa Lazarová
feudal conflict and power struggles
abduction and forced marriage
religious devotion versus worldly desires
family honor and vengeance
cultural clash between pagans and Christians
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Synopsis
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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