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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 Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pavlíček, František (Adapter, Screenwriter), Vláčil, František (Adapter, Screenwriter), Gunning, Tom, 1949- (Author), Zucker, Alex (Author)
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic), Tvůrčí Skupina (Firm), Filmové studio Barrandov, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Kemr, Josef, 1922-1994 (Actor), Hejná, Nadʹa, 1906- (Actor), Moučka, Jaroslav, 1923-2009 (Actor), Velecký, František, 1934-2003 (Actor), Vašiček, Karel (Actor), Landovský, Pavel, 1936-2014 (Actor), Palúch, Ivan, 1940- (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Sloup, Václav, 1936-2014 (Actor), Polášková, Pavla (Actor), Vášáryová, Magda (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Harapes, Vlastimil (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Menšík, Vladimír (Actor), Štěpánek, Zdeněk, 1896-1968 (Actor, Narrator), Pištěk, Theodor, 1932- (Costume designer, interviewee (expression)), Liška, Zdeněk, 1922-1983 (composer (expression)), Baťka, Bedřich (director of photography.), Hames, Peter (interviewee (expression)), Liehm, Antonín J., 1924- (interviewee (expression)), Marák, Ivo (interviewee (expression)), Vančura, Vladislav, 1891-1942
Format: Video DVD
Language:Czech
German
Language Notes:In Czech and German with English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 661.
Subjects:
Bohemia (Czech Republic) > History > To 1526 > Drama.
Country life > Czech Republic > Bohemia > History > Drama.
Christianity > Czech Republic > Bohemia > Drama.
Paganism > Czech Republic > Bohemia > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Czech.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary: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 Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: Disc 1: New high-definition digital film restoration; Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Disc 2: In the web of time (short documentary from 1989 by cinematographer František Uldrich, in which director František Vláčil discusses his filmmaking process); Peter Hames (interview with the film historian about Marketa Lazarová); Antonín Liehm (interview with the journalist and film critic about director František Vláčil); Marketa's actors (interviews with actors Magda Vá̌sáryová, Ivan Palúch, and Vlastimil Harapes); Theodor Pištěk (interview with the costume designer); Storyboards (gallery of storyboards by František Vláčil); On the restoration (technical director Ivo Marák details restoration of the film); New English subtitle translation. Booklet features essays by film scholar Tom Gunning and translator Alex Zucker and a 1969 interview with Vláčil.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; PCM mono.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Production design, Stanislav Pavlík, Vladislav Rada ; costumes, Theodor Pištěk ; music by Zdeněk Liška ; edited by Miroslav Hájek ; set design by Oldřich Okáč ; cinematography, Bedřich Baťka.
ISBN:9781604657371
1604657375