The Valley of the Bees
Directed by František Vláčil
Produced by Filmové studio Barrandov
A medieval drama of spiritual struggle and displacement, following a young man's painful journey from monastic hardship to an ambiguous homecoming marked by forbidden desire.
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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