Summary A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and national roots, the power and meaning of tradition and the return to it. The mosaic of the bricklaying Pichanda family's lives is made of love, hope, hard work, human understanding and also the tragedies of economic crisis, war and human malice. Dreams, symbols, and life in all its forms create a colored rainbow spanning from birth to death and from mystery to reality and back. View more details
Directed : Juraj Jakubisko
Written : Juraj Jakubisko Peter Jaros
Stars : Michal Docolomanský Jozef Kroner Stefan Kvietik Jana Janovská
Genres : Comedy Drama War
Release date : Feb 29, 1984
Countries of origin : Austria West Germany Czechoslovakia
Language : Czech Hungarian Slovak
Filming locations : Podbiel, Slovakia
Production companies : Slovenská filmová tvorba Koliba (SFT) Beta Film Ceskoslovenská Televízia Bratislava (CST)
Summary A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and national roots, the power and meaning of tradition and the return to it. The mosaic of the bricklaying Pichanda family's lives is made of love, hope, hard work, human understanding and also the tragedies of economic crisis, war and human malice. Dreams, symbols, and life in all its forms create a colored rainbow spanning from birth to death and from mystery to reality and back. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama War
Release date : Feb 29, 1984
Countries of origin : Austria West Germany Czechoslovakia
Language : Czech Hungarian Slovak
Filming locations : Podbiel, Slovakia
Production companies : Slovenská filmová tvorba Koliba (SFT) Beta Film Ceskoslovenská Televízia Bratislava (CST)
