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Marketa Lazarova

Label
Marketa Lazarova
Language
cze
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Marketa Lazarova
Oclc number
900275653
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Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1967
Runtime
137
Summary
In its native land, Frantis⁺їek Vl©Łc⁺їil's Marketa Lazarov 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 Van♯џura, 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. Vl©Łc⁺їil'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 Lazarova an experimental action film
Technique
live action
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