Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Genre: Drama | History | Surreal
Country: Czechoslovakia | Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Language: Czech | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 165mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1920×816 – 23.976fps – 6.17gb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063278/
Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. During one of their “jobs” they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King. Kozlik prepares for the wrath of the King, and sends Mikolás to pressure his neighbor Lazar to join him in war. Persuasion fails, and in vengeance Mikolás abducts Lazar’s daughter Marketa, just as she was about to join a convent. The King, meantime, dispatches an army and the religious Lazar will be called upon to join hands against Kozlik.
Stripped-down, surreal, and relentlessly grimy account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity.
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A previously published comment of mine on this had expired, so I’ll briefly recap. Has been critics-voted as being the greatest Czech film of all time. Often compared to Tarkovsky’s great “Andrei Rublev”, and also taking place in a medieval period of sweeping transition. A longer, takes-its-time arthouse piece, so patience and attention are required, and if one is more attuned to that both films have many rewards to offer. A pronounced ‘You Are There’ immersion in this time and place.