Marketa Lazarová (1967)

František Vláčil · 166 min · Letterboxd ↗

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.

Marketa Lazarová screens once in London: The Garden Cinema, Friday 9 October at 20:00.