Story about Marketa Lazarová / Małgorzata, córka Łazarza / 乱世英豪
A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times, againt the backdrop of Christianity re...
A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times, againt the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism.
Mikolás and his brother Adam rob traveler for their tyrannical father Kozlík. During one of their "jobs" they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King. Kozlik prepares for the wrath of the King, and sends Mikolás to pressure his neighbor Lazar to join him in war. Peruasion fails, and in vengeance Mikolás abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa, just as she was about to join a convent. The King, meantime, dispatches an army and the religious Lazar will be called upon to join hands againt Kozlik. Stripped-down, surreal, and relentlessly grimy account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity.
