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Synopsis
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.
František Velecký
Cast
Magda Vášáryová
Cast
Ivan Palúch
Cast
Pavla Polášková
Cast
Vlastimil Harapes
Cast
Michal Kožuch
Cast
Josef Kemr
Cast
Naďa Hejná
Cast
Jaroslav Moučka
Cast
Zdeněk Kutil
Cast
František Vláčil
Director
Vladislav Vančura
Writer
František Pavlíček
Writer
František Vláčil
Writer
Jan Procházka
Writer

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