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The Millennial Bee (1984)
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Overview
A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.
Length 162 minutes
Actors
Jozef Kroner | Štefan Kvietik | Michal Dočolomanský | Ivana Valešová | Eva Jakoubková | Samuel Adamčík | Jana Janovská | Pavol Mikulík | Igor Čillík | Jiří Císler | Jana Dolanská | Zuzana Bydžovská | Milan Kiš | Bára Štěpánová | Hana Gregorová | Vlado Černý