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The Valley Of The Bees (Blu-ray) Second Run

$59.95

Set in a vividly recreated 13th-century Europe, František Vláčil’s visionary medieval epic chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Years later he abandons them, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and made to pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order.

Visually stunning, with dazzling monochrome cinematography and intense period detail, The Valley of the Bees is a raw and haunting moral fable about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism – and just as powerful and compelling a film as his more famous work, Marketa Lazarová.

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Special Features

The Valley of the Bees (Údolí včel, 1967) presented from a
new HD transfer from original materials held by the Czech National Film Archive.
An all-new Projection Booth commentary with Mike White
and Robert Bellissimo.
New HD presentations of two of František Vláčil's acclaimed short documentary films, photographed by František Uldrich, with music by Zdeněk Liška:
– The City in White (Město v bílém, 1972)
– Karlovy Vary Promenades (Karlovarské promenády, 1972)
24-page booklet with writing by film historian, author and Czech cinema expert Peter Hames.
New and improved English subtitle translation.

Format

4K

Label

Second Run