The Valley of the Bees

May 17, 1968

1h 37m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Ondřej z Vlkova

Petr Čepek

Armin von Heide

Jan Kačer

pán z Vlkova

Zdeněk Kryzánek

Lenora

Věra Galatíková

Brown Friar

Miroslav Macháček

Rotgier

Josef Somr

Farmer

Václav Kotva

Old Collier

Josef Kotapiš

Young Collier

Petr Sedlák

Blind girl

Jana Hlaváčková

Shepherd

František Kovářík

Old Hunter

Antonín Pražák

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