The Millennial Bee

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.

Directed by Juraj Jakubisko

Top cast

Štefan Kvietik

Samo

Jozef Kroner

Martin Pichanda

Michal Dočolomanský

Valent

I

Ivana Valešová

Mária

Eva Jakoubková

Kristína

J

Jana Janovská

Ružena

Štefan Šafárik

Pavol Mikulík

Julo

Milan Kiš

Dropa

Igor Čillík

Svanda

I

Ivan Drozdy

Zuzana Bydžovská

Stázka

Zdeněk Dušek

A

Andrej Rudavský

Jiří Císler

Belányi

Jana Dolanská

Hanka

Bára Štěpánová

Hermína

H

Hugo Kaminský

J

Jana Březinová

Š

Štefan Mišovic

Details