The Valley of the Bees (1968)
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97 min
Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his father to be dead, Ondrej now not only assumes control of his father's properties, but seeks to marry his former stepmother.
- Release date
- May 17, 1968
- Country of origin
- XC
- Music
- Zdeněk Liška
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Petr Čepek as Ondrej
- Jan Kačer as Armin von Heide
- Zdeněk Kryzánek as Lord of Vlkov
- Věra Galatíková as Lenora
- Miroslav Macháček as Brown Friar
- Josef Somr as Rotgier
- Václav Kotva as Farmer
- Josef Kotapiš as A Collier
- Jana Hlavácková as Blind Girl
- František Kovářík as Shepherd
- Ladislav Gzela as Jakub
- Petr Štěpánek as Markvart
- Michal Kozuch as Blasius
- Zdenek Sedlácek
- Miloš Willig
- František Husák
- Vlastimila Vlková
- Karel Engel
- Jirí Stivín
- Vlastimil Hašek as Young Collier (voice)
- Vilém Besser as Old Hunter (voice)
- Pavel Landovský as Young Hunter (voice)
Crew
- František Vláčil · Director
- Vladimír Körner · Writer
- František Vláčil · Writer
- Zdeněk Liška · Composer
- František Uldrich · Cinematographer
- Miroslav Hájek · Editor
- Jindřich Götz · Production designer