Marketa Lazarova
1967
A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times, against the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism. Read more
| Starring | Josef Kemr, Magda Vasaryova, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka |
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| Director | Frantisek Vlacil |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Marketa Lazarova
A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times, against the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism.
| Starring | Josef Kemr, Magda Vasaryova, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka, Frantisek Velecky, Karel Vasicek, Ivan Paluch, Martin Mrazek, Vaclav Sloup, Pavla Polaskova, Alena Pavlíkova, Michal Kozuch, Zdenek Lipovcan, Harry Studt, Vlastimil Harapes |
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| Director | Frantisek Vlacil |
| Studio | SECONDRUN |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Czech |
| Released | DVD: 03 Dec 2007 Production year: 1967 |
| Format | DVD |
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Cinema For The Ages
Marketa Lazarova is one of those legendary films that has long been unavailable for home viewing...until now. A fantastic example of 'pure cinema' the like of which the Eastern Europeans only know how to accomplish, this Second Run DVD is stunningly presented in a great print with crystal clear image and sound.
The obvious touchstone is 'Andrei Rublev', but perhaps because of their shared Medieval backdrop. Marketa instead chooses not to dwell on the characters' theses on human evil and instead creates a welter of astonishing images, the like of which is pretty much unmatched in terms of quality and inventiveness in cinema. The story is by the by, instead resolving into an often jaw-dropping succession of scenes involving pre-Steadicam free-roaming camera, psychedlic images and an genre-defying amalgamation of musics and sounds, including bells, whistles, choral chanting and soaring female solo singing. Put simply, Marketa Lazarova is a film which makes the often hackneyed tradition of commercial Western cinema seem dull. -
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A Long Runner
Credit: I like a good medieval saga like the next person, so this film worked in terms of atmosphere and historical detail. The acting was appropriately brooding and portentous. The cinematography rather beautiful, capturing the wintry wastes, and haunting forests etc... Debit: too long. Not edited enough. There was generally too much film without purpose. Slow can easily become turgid. This is not helped by a rather confusing plot, which is probably very simple at heart, but seemed to have too much repetitive back and forth. Overall: shame it wasn't edited more, as with a few less troughs, and more christian versus pagan stuff, could have been a total classic.
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