The Valley of the Bees
May 17 1968
•2h 37m
•Drama, History
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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Petr Čepek
Ondřej z Vlkova
Jan Kačer
Armin von Heide
Zdeněk Kryzánek
pán z Vlkova
Věra Galatíková
Lenora
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