
The Valley of the Bees
A newly restored historical drama about two spiritual seekers caught between dogmatic asceticism and the desire for freedom in 13th-century Bohemia.
František Vláčil was a Czech film director, one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century Czech cinema. He is best known for his visually poetic historical films Marketa Lazarová and Údolí včel (The Valley of the Bees). After the onset of normalization he was barred from working at Barrandov studios and made several medium-length films, including Pověst o stříbrné jedli, scripted by Vladimír Körner.
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A newly restored historical drama about two spiritual seekers caught between dogmatic asceticism and the desire for freedom in 13th-century Bohemia.

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Věra Chytilová created a sharp critique of normalization-era society through the interconnected stories of residents in a Prague housing estate. This 1979 film won the Grand Prize at San Remo and became one of the most significant works of 1970s Czechoslovak cinema.

A rarely appreciated 1977 film by František Vláčila about internal emigration and personal resignation, starring Rudolf Hrušínský.

A masterpiece of Czech cinema about a brigand knight and his family in 13th-century Bohemia. Vláčil's film rhapsody is considered one of the greatest historical films ever made.

A poetic film by František Vláčil about a boy from the Beskid forests who admires the dangerous work of seed collectors. A medium-length work from the normalization era with a lyrical atmosphere.