The Valley of the Bees (1968)
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.
Director:
František Vláčil
Writers:
František Vláčil, Vladimír Körner.
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Petr Čepek as Ondřej z Vlkova |
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Jan Kačer as Armin von Heide |
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Zdeněk Kryzánek as pán z Vlkova |
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Věra Galatíková as Lenora |
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Miroslav Macháček as Brown Friar |
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Josef Somr as Rotgier |
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Václav Kotva as Farmer |
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Josef Kotapiš as Old Collier |
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Petr Sedlák as Young Collier |
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Jana Hlaváčková as Blind girl |
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František Kovářík as Shepherd |
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Antonín Pražák as Old Hunter |
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Ludvík Wolf as Young Hunter |
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Ladislav Gzela as Jakub |
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Petr Štěpánek as Markvart |
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Michal Kožuch as Blasius |
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Jana Hájková as |
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Zdeněk Sedláček as |
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Miloš Willig as |
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František Husák as |
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Vladimír Navrátil as |
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Vlastimila Vlková as |
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Jan Kratochvíl as Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell |
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Karel Engel as |
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Zdeněk Chlum as |
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Jiří Stivín as |
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Václav Mach as |
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Vlastimil Hašek as Young Collier (voice) |
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Vilém Besser as Old Hunter (voice) |
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Pavel Landovský as Young Hunter (voice) |
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Vítězslav Vejražka as Blasius (voice) |
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Zdeněk Řehoř as Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell (voice) |
| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Writing | František Vláčil | Screenplay |
| Directing | Aleš Dospiva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jan Kratochvíl | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Antonín Máša | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Jiří Macák | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Petr Pešek | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Ivan Ernyei | Set Decoration |
| Art | Oldřich Halaza | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libuše Černá | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Martincová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Malec | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Čutková | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Velemína Binterová | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Jan Bláha | Title Designer |
| Production | Věra Kadlecová | Production Manager |
| Production | Vladimír Tišer | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Eva Janíková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jan Kuděla | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Sound | Pavel Kühn | Conductor |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Vladimír Körner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vladimír Körner | Story |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Art | Jindřich Goetz | Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Cvrček | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
| Production | Miroslav Dousek | Unit Manager |
| Production | Václav Havlík | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Eva Kubesová | Script Supervisor |