UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15235125
Format:
1 DVD-Video (97 Min.) : s/w
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Tonformat: DD/Mono (restored)
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1 Beih. (19 S.)
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Bildformat: 1:2.35 ; 16:9 anamorphic
Content:
A visionary and evocative medieval epic, Vlácil's The Valley of the Bees is just as powerful and engrossing a film as his more famous Marketa Lazarová. It chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. As he grows into a man his desire to return to his homeland leads him to abandon the Crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical former comrade and pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order. With its resplendent black-and-white cinematography and highly convincing recreation of 13th-century Europe, the film is a raw and haunting moral fable which raises questions about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism. Released just before the '68 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, the film's theme was given a political interpretation and its screenings severely restricted by the authorities. (Covertext)
Note:
Ländercode: Keine Angaben
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Orig.: Tschechoslowakei, 1967
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Extra: booklet with a new essay by author and film programmer Peter Hames.
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Tschech., mit engl. Untertiteln
Language:
Czech
