MARKETA LAZAROVA (THE CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: In its native land, František Vlácil's Marketa Lazarová has been hailed as the greatest Czech film ever made; for many U.S. viewers, it will be a revelation. Based on a novel by Vladislav Vancura, this stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and paganism, humankind and nature, love and violence. Vlácil's approach was to re-create the textures and mentalities of a long-ago way of life, rather than to make a conventional historical drama, and the result is dazzling. With its inventive widescreen cinematography, editing, and sound design, Marketa Lazarová is an experimental action film.;
• Cast: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka, Frantisek Velecký, Karel Vasicek, Ivan Palúch, Martin Mrazek, Václav Sloup, Pavla Polaskova, Alena Pavlíková, Michal Kozuch, Zdenek Lipovcan, Harry Studt, Vlastimil Harapes, Zdenek Kutil, Frantisek Nechyba, Zdenek Kryzánek, Zdenek Rehor, Jan Pohan, Otto Sevcík, Vladimír Mensík, Karla Chadimová, Zdenek Stepánek, Pavel Landovský, Ladislav Povazay, Vasek Kovarik, Petr Sedlák, Václav Antos, Otto Lackovic, J. Maran, Alena Bradácová, Antonín Hardt, Jaroslav Klenot, Ludvík Volf, Josef Sulc, Antonie Hegerlíková, Petr Kostka, Martin Ruzek, Karolina Slunécková, Klaus-Peter Thiele, Marie Tomásová, Ladislav Trojan, Gabriela Vránová, Frantisek Vlácil, Frantisek Pavlícek, Vladislav Vancura, Josef Ouzky, Bedrich Batka, Miroslav Hájek, Zdenek Liska, Frantisek Fabián, Oldrich Okác
• Director: Frantisek Vlácil
• Runtime: 2:45
• Company: Filmové Studio Barrandov, Státní fond Ceské republiky pro podporu a rozvoj ceské kinematografie (State Cinematography Fund), Bonton Ateliéry Zlín, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie