The Valley of the Bees
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1968-05-17
Runtime: 97 mins
Director: František Vláčil
Spoken language: Český
Genres: Drama, History
Original title: The Valley of the Bees
Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries: Czechoslovakia
Cast
Petr Čepek
Jan Kačer
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Věra Galatíková
Miroslav Macháček
Josef Somr
Václav Kotva
Josef Kotapiš
Petr Sedlák
Jana Hlaváčková
František Kovářík
Antonín Pražák
Ludvík Wolf
Ladislav Gzela
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