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The Valley of the Bees
The Valley of the Bees

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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

17 May 1968

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek

Ondřej z Vlkova

Jan Kačer

Jan Kačer

Armin von Heide

Zdeněk Kryzánek

Zdeněk Kryzánek

pán z Vlkova

Věra Galatíková

Věra Galatíková

Lenora

Miroslav Macháček

Miroslav Macháček

Brown Friar

Josef Somr

Josef Somr

Rotgier

Václav Kotva

Václav Kotva

Farmer

Josef Kotapiš

Josef Kotapiš

Old Collier

Petr Sedlák

Petr Sedlák

Young Collier

Jana Hlaváčková

Jana Hlaváčková

Blind girl

František Kovářík

František Kovářík

Shepherd

Antonín Pražák

Antonín Pražák

Old Hunter

Ludvík Wolf

Ludvík Wolf

Young Hunter

Ladislav Gzela

Ladislav Gzela

Jakub

Petr Štěpánek

Petr Štěpánek

Markvart

Michal Kožuch

Michal Kožuch

Blasius

Jana Hájková

Jana Hájková

Zdeněk Sedláček

Zdeněk Sedláček

Miloš Willig

Miloš Willig

František Husák

František Husák

Vladimír Navrátil

Vladimír Navrátil

Vlastimila Vlková

Vlastimila Vlková

Jan Kratochvíl

Jan Kratochvíl

Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell

Karel Engel

Karel Engel

Zdeněk Chlum

Zdeněk Chlum

Jiří Stivín

Jiří Stivín

Václav Mach

Václav Mach

Vlastimil Hašek

Vlastimil Hašek

Young Collier (voice)

Vilém Besser

Vilém Besser

Old Hunter (voice)

Pavel Landovský

Pavel Landovský

Young Hunter (voice)

Vítězslav Vejražka

Vítězslav Vejražka

Blasius (voice)

Zdeněk Řehoř

Zdeněk Řehoř

Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell (voice)

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