The Valley of the Bees

The Valley of the Bees

7.1

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.

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

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