The Valley Of The Bees Blu-Ray

Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epic is set in 13th-century Europe and tells the story of a young boy who is forced to join the Teutonic Order. Several years later, he abandons the crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and pay a terrible price for his renunciation of the holy order. With dazzling black-and-white photography and vivid recreations of the period, The Valley of the Bees is a rich and captivating moral fable about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism - and a film as powerful and captivating as his more famous work Marketa Lazarov. BONUS MATERIAL: - A new Projection Booth commentary with Mike White and Robert Bellissimo. - Frantisek Vlacil's acclaimed short documentaries from 1972, photographed by Frantisek Uldrich, with music by Zdenek Liska: The City in White (Mesto v bilem) and Karlovy Vary Promenades (Karlovarske promenady) - 24-page booklet with texts about the film by author Peter Hames. - New and improved English translation of subtitles. - World premiere edition on Blu-ray. Language: Czech Subtitles: English