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The Valley of the Bees (1968)

Name: The Valley of the Bees
Director: František Vláčil
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1968-05-17
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Petr Čepek, Jan Kačer, Zdeněk Kryzánek, Věra Galatíková, Miroslav Macháček

101 min · Czechoslovakia · Dir. František Vláčil

Drama History 1968 movies

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.