Valley of the Bees, The (UK Import BLU-RAY) Coming to Our Shelves October 2024

UK Import. Blu-Ray is Region Free. Should play on any Blu-Ray player.

Set in 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 the Crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order.

With dazzling monochrome cinematography and vivid recreation of the period, 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.

Blu-ray Special features:

• The Valley of the Bees (Údolí včel, 1967) presented from a new HD transfer from the best existing original materials created by the Czech National Film Archive.
• An all-new Projection Booth commentary with Mike White and Robert Bellissimo.
• 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 on the film by author Peter Hames.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).

Technical details:
• Running time: 101 minutes
• Language: Czech
• Subtitles: English
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Black and white
• Video: BD50 / 1080p / 24fps
• Audio: 2.0 Dual-Mono LPCM (24-bit)
• Region A/B/C (Region Free)