The Valley of the Bees

The Valley of the Bees (1968) is a drama, history film directed by František Vláčil rated 7.0/10.

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.

Cast

Petr Čepek

Ondřej z Vlkova

Jan Kačer

Armin von Heide

Zdeněk Kryzánek

pán z Vlkova

Věra Galatíková

Lenora

Miroslav Macháček

Brown Friar

Josef Somr

Rotgier

Václav Kotva

Farmer

Josef Kotapiš

Old Collier

Petr Sedlák

Young Collier

Jana Hlaváčková

Blind girl

František Kovářík

Shepherd

Antonín Pražák

Old Hunter