What is The Valley of the Bees about?

Often ranked with Bergman and Tarkovsky for the power of his depictions of medieval life, Vlacil explores the grip of fanaticism in THE VALLEY OF THE BEES. Young Ondrej grows to manhood in a harsh religious order where, with a hint of homoerotic tension, a Teutonic knight and veteran of the crusades becomes his mentor. Ondrej flees this life, settling in the castle of his childhood to marry his father's young widow, but his unforgiving mentor is prepared to pursue him to the ends of the earth. With Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer. In Czech with English subtitles.

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What is The Valley of the Bees about?: Often ranked with Bergman and Tarkovsky for the power of his depictions of medieval life, Vlacil explores the grip of fanaticism in THE VALLEY OF THE BEES. Young Ondrej grows to manhood in a harsh religious order where, with a hint of homoerotic tension, a Teutonic knight and veteran of the crusades becomes his mentor. Ondrej flees this life, settling in the castle of his childhood to marry his father's young widow, but his unforgiving mentor is prepared to pursue him to the ends of the earth. With Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer. In Czech with English subtitles.