| Marketa Lazarová | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | František Vláčil |
| Produced by | Josef Ouzký |
| Written by | Screenplay: František Pavlíček František Vláčil Novel: Vladislav Vančura |
| Starring | Magda Vášáryová Josef Kemr František Velecký Naďa Hejná Jaroslav Moučka |
| Music by | Zdeněk Liška |
| Cinematography | Bedřich Baťka |
| Editing by | Miroslav Hájek |
| Studio | Barrandov Studios |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
| Release date(s) | Czechoslovakia: 6 October 1967 United States: 30 August 1974 |
| Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Marketa Lazarová is a 1967 Czechoslovak historical film directed by František Vláčil. It is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Vladislav Vančura. 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.[1][2]
Theodor Pištěk designed the costumes for the film.