The Millennial Bee (1983)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany

Director: Juraj Jakubisko

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.

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

Rating: 6.3 ⭐