The Valley of the Bees
The Garden Cinema39-41 Parker Street, London
Wed 30 Sept · 17:45 · £15
About this event
Our screening on Sunday 11 October will be introduced by writer, lecturer, and Czech cinema expert, Peter Hames. 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 Vláčil’s more famous work, Marketa Lazarová . Cast: Petr Čepek, Jan Kačer, Zdeněk Kryzánek, Věra Galatíková, Miroslav Macháček
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Dates & tickets
39-41 Parker Street, London
17:45Wed 30 Sept· £15
13:30Sun 11 Oct· £15
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