Marketa Lazarová (1967)

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Synopsis

Dir: Frantisek Vlácil. Czech/German-language Drama. Based on the novel by Vladislav Vancura. In the 13th century, a young woman (Magda Vásáryová) is kidnapped by brothers (František Velecký, Ivan Palúch) belonging to a ruthless clan.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a no-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence - some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of violence against animals - little blood, some detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault - breast nudity, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity, some in an incest context - breast nudity, some detail
• Infrequent breast and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• The conversion of Paganism to Christianity
• Revenge
• Love

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, sexual content, sexual violence, and nudity

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