Marketa Lazarová

Part of BAMcinemaFEST

Mon, Jun 29 at 7:30pm

Directed by František Vláčil
With Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr

1967, 162 min

As part of BAMcinématek's ongoing commitment to bringing Czech film to New York audiences, this rarely seen landmark of Czech cinema has been screened here three times in the program's ten-year history, including during a rare Vláčil retrospective in 2002. A portrait of Europe at the crossroads of Paganism and Christianity, it's a haunting, surreal, and deliriously strange work of art that recalls the work of Bergman, Kurosawa, and Tarkovsky while also managing to be unlike any other film. In a 1998 poll of the Czech film industry and critics, Marketa Lazarová was named the almost unanimous choice for Best Czech Film of all time. Presented in collaboration with the Czech Center, New York, the National Film Archives, Prague, and Georges Gund III. In Czech with English subtitles. Rare Archival Print.