The Valley of the Bees (Údolí včel)
A film by František Vláčil

Czechoslovakia, 1967

Release date: 22 March 2010

“Vlácil was, with just a handful of films to prove it, the Czech New Wave's formalist, post-expressionist wrecking ball, their Welles, their Paradjanov” 
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
                                                        
Although different in style and tone, whilst sharing its resplendent black-and-white cinematography and a highly convincing recreation of the medieval era, Vláčil's The Valley of the Bees is just as complex a film as his more famous Marketa Lazarová. 

WINNER: Grand Prix Prize, Karlovy Vary Film Festival 1978

“A forgotten classic of the Czech New Wave”  
Village Voice

“Combines the epic grandeur of Kurosawa with the compositional rigour of Eisenstein”        
Pacific Cinematheque

SECOND RUN DVD 040

BARCODE: 5060114150348

RRP: £12.99    BBFC cert: 15

Feature:  97 minutes      

Language: Czech

Subtitles: English     

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