Marketa Lazarová
Directed by František Vláčil • 1967 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr, František Velecký
In its native land, František Vláčil’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 Vančura, 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. Vláčil’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.
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Marketa Lazarová
Directed by František Vláčil • 1967 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr, František VeleckýIn its native land, František Vláčil’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...
Extras
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Peter Hames on MARKETA LAZAROVÁ
Film historian Peter Hames has written extensively on Central and Eastern European cinema. The following interview with him about MARKETA LAZAROVÁ was conducted in London in 2013.
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Antonín Liehm on MARKETA LAZAROVÁ
In the following interview, conducted in Paris in 2013, journalist and film critic Antonín Liehm discusses his friend and compatriot director František Vláčil.
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Marketa’s Actors
This interview program features Marketa Lazarová stars Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, and Vlastimil Harapes. The interviews were conducted in Bratislava and Prague in 2013.
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Theodor Pištěk on MARKETA LAZAROVÁ
The following interview with MARKETA LAZAROVÁ’s costume designer, Theodor Pištěk, was conducted in Prague in 2013.
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On the Restoration
In this 2011 interview, Ivo Marák, technical director of Universal Production Partners studios, details the work involved in the extensive digital restoration of MARKETA LAZAROVÁ.
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In the Web of Time
In the following short documentary from 1989, directed by cinematographer František Uldrich, František Vláčil shares his thoughts on his filmmaking process.
