

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
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
Zdeněk Lipovčan
Jakub, Lazar's son
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Pivo, Royal Governor

Jan Pohan
Kornet

Oto Ševčík
mnich

Vladimír Menšík
Bernard, Wandering Monk
František Vláčil
František Pavlíček, František Vláčil
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