The Millennial Bee

(1983)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Year: 1983

Runtime: 162 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany

Director: Juraj Jakubisko

Cast: Štefan Kvietik, Jozef Kroner, Michal Dočolomanský, Ivana Valešová, Eva Jakoubková, Jana Janovská, Štefan Šafárik, Pavol Mikulík, Milan Kiš, Igor Čillík

Plot

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.