Marketa Lazarová is a 1967 Czechoslovak

Czechoslovakia

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 historical film directed by František Vláčil

František Vlácil

František Vláčil was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist.Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers , but his main area became played film...

. It is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Vladislav Vančura

Vladislav Vancura

Vladislav Vančura was one of the most important Bohemian writers of the 20th century...

. The movie takes place in the Middle Ages, and tells the story of a daughter of a feudal lord who is kidnapped by neighbouring robber knights and becomes a mistress of one of them.

Marketa Lazarová was voted the all-time best Czech movie in a prestigious 1998 poll of Czech film critics and publicists.

Theodor Pištěk

Theodor Pištěk (costume designer)

Theodor Pištěk is a Czech artist known for creating photo-realistic drawings and paintings, movie costumes and decorations. He won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Amadeus, and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category for the film Valmont.He is the son of...

 designed the costumes for the film.

Cast

• Magda Vášáryová as Marketa Lazarová
• Josef Kemr as Kozlík
• Naďa Hejná as Kateřina
• Jaroslav Moučka as Jan
• František Velecký
  František Velecký
  František Velecký was a Slovak actor.Velecký was a very particular figure of Slovak acting, being antipode to venerated mainstream showbiz celebrities. Although he had never received any formal training he managed to earn a great respect of both filmmakers and audience members...
  
   as Mikoláš
• Karel Vašíček as Jiří
• Ivan Palúch as Adam-Jednoručka
• Martin Mrázek as Václav
• Václav Sloup as Šimon
• Pavel Landovský as Smil
• Vladimír Menšík
  Vladimír Menšík
  Vladimír Menšík was a popular Czech actor and entertainer, born in Ivančice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Both comedian and serious actor, he created a wide range of lively characters...
  
   as Bernard
• Jan Pohan as Kornet
• Pavla Polášková as Alexandra
• Alena Pavlíková as Drahuše
• Michal Kožuch as Lazar
• Zdeněk Lipovčan as Jakub

External links

• Marketa Lazarová at the Internet Movie Database
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• Marketa Lazarová at České filmové nebe (in Czech)