UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
Marketa Lazarova | Czechoslovakia | 1967 | 35mm | 165 min. | Czech and German with English subtitles Director: František Vláčil’
Event Details
Date
Friday, October 10, 2014
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr, František Velecký
This spellbinding, poetic, and hallucinatory tale of paganism versus Christianity in Medieval times is one of the most gorgeous epics of the 1960s. Beautifully filmed in black and white widescreen, Vláčil’’s Czech masterwork has deservedly earned comparisons with Tarkovsky.
This spellbinding, poetic, and hallucinatory tale of paganism versus Christianity in Medieval times is one of the most gorgeous epics of the 1960s. Beautifully filmed in black and white widescreen, Vláčil’’s Czech masterwork has deservedly earned comparisons with Tarkovsky.
Cost
Free
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