

The Valley of the Bees
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
1968-05-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
43
Vote Average
7.1
Petr Čepek
Ondřej z Vlkova
Jan Kačer
Armin von Heide
Zdeněk Kryzánek
pán z Vlkova
Věra Galatíková
Lenora
Miroslav Macháček
Brown Friar
Josef Somr
Rotgier
Václav Kotva
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Josef Kotapiš
Old Collier
Petr Sedlák
Young Collier
Jana Hlaváčková
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František Kovářík
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Old Hunter
Ludvík Wolf
Young Hunter
Ladislav Gzela
Jakub
Petr Štěpánek
Markvart
Michal Kožuch
Blasius
Jana Hájková
Zdeněk Sedláček
Miloš Willig
František Husák
Vladimír Navrátil
Vlastimila Vlková
Jan Kratochvíl
Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell
Karel Engel
Zdeněk Chlum
Jiří Stivín
Václav Mach
Vlastimil Hašek
Young Collier (voice)
Vilém Besser
Old Hunter (voice)
Pavel Landovský
Young Hunter (voice)
Vítězslav Vejražka
Blasius (voice)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Teutonic Knight by Ondřej's Cell (voice)
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