Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Summary: A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.

Release Date: November 24, 1967

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Frantisek Vlácil

Writers: Frantisek Pavlícek

, Vladislav Vancura

, Frantisek Vlácil

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmové studio Barrandov

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Country: Czechoslovakia

Language: Czech

12 - OFDb

Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (1969)

Summary: It's medieval times. Kohlhaas merchants with horses. When going to the local fair to sell his horses, is forced by a noble to leave him part of the merchandise as payment for traveling through his land, promising to give it back w...

Genre: Drama

Director: Volker Schlöndorff