Marketa Lazarova [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Frantisek Vlacil Frantisek Vlacil

Overview

This plodding three-hour epic concerns the brutal battles and feuds of rival warring factions of 13th-century Bohemians. Far removed from the laws of the authorities and the church, the pagans fight deep in the forest and away from any semblance of medieval civilization. The rival warlords spend their time murdering, robbing, raping and pillaging. In a brutal act of revenge, a man is nailed to his front door and watches in horror as his daughter is abducted to prevent her from entering a convent. Packs of wolves symbolically circle the savages, but the lupine prowlers are much less of a threat than the human animals in this violent feature highlighted by lust, nudity and animal savagery among humans.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/18/2013
UPC:	0715515107112
Original Release:	1968
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	2:45:00
Sales rank:	10,836

Special Features

New interviews with actors Magda Vásáryová, Ivan Palúch, and Vlastimil Harapes and Costume Designer Theodor Pistek; ; New Interviews with film historian Peter Hames and Journalist and Film Critic Antonín Liehm; ; In the Web of Time, a short documentary from 1989 by Cinematographer Frantisek Uldrich, in which Director Frantisek Vlácil discusses his filmmaking process; ; Interview with Universal Production Partners Technical Director Ivo Marák about the film's restoration; ; Gallery of storyboards by Vlácil; ; Trailer; Plus: A booklet featuring essays by film scholar Tom Gunning and translator Alex Zucker and a 1969 interview with Vlácil

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Karla Chadimová	Prioress
Vladimír Mensík	Wandering Monk Bernard
Harry Studt	Old Count Christian
Josef Kemr	Kozlik
Frantisek Velecky	Mikolas
Vlastimil Harapes	Young Count Christian
Magda Vásáryová	Marketa Lazarova
Zdenek Liska	Composer

Technical Credits

Frantisek Vlacil

Frantisek Vlacil

Director,Screenwriter