Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 166 min
- Language
- Czech
- Country
- XC
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Czech — subtitles on.
The story
Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
- rape
- based on novel or book
- kidnapping
- flashback
- paganism
- black and white
- incest
- fortress
- middle ages (476-1453)
- dark ages
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
František Velecký
Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryová
Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúch
Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Pavla Polášková
Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
- Vlastimil Harapes — Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
- Michal Kožuch — Lazar, Kozlík's rival
- Josef Kemr — Kozlík, Lazar's rival
- Naďa Hejná — Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
- Jaroslav Moučka — Jan, Kozlík's son
- Zdeněk Kutil — Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
- Zdeněk Řehoř — Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
- Karel Vašíček — Jiří, Kozlík's son
- Martin Mrázek — Václav, Kozlík's son
- Václav Sloup — Šimon, Jan's son
- Alena Pavlíková — Drahuše, Kozlík's younger daughter
- Directed
- František Vláčil
- Written
- František Pavlíček, František Vláčil
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 157 ratings
- Studio
- Filmové studio Barrandov
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