The Millennial Bee (1983): Cast
The Millennial Bee is a 1983 historical drama directed by Juraj Jakubisko, starring Jozef Kroner as Martin Pichanda, Zuzana Bydžovská and Michal Dočolomanský. It runs 2 hours 42 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 42m (162 min)
- Director
- Juraj Jakubisko
- Original language
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Slovak - Studio
- Beta Film
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Millennial Bee About?
The premise of The Millennial Bee without spoilers.
Spanning three decades (1887–1917) in a tiny Slovak village, the saga follows mason Martin Pichandu as he hones his trade, then shifts focus to his son, who comes of age amid rising social unrest that leads to World War I. First broadcast as a four‑part 226‑minute Czechoslovak TV series in 1983, it was edited to a 163‑minute theatrical cut in 1984.
The Millennial Bee Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- bee
- female nudity
- magical realism
- surrealism
- soldier
- rain
- horse
- funeral
- church
- based on novel
- female rear nudity
- female frontal nudity
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- female full frontal nudity
- sex
- love affair
- love
- family saga
- year 1917
- intrigue
- dream
- thirty year timespan
- old man
- austro hungarian empire
- kia killed in action
- father son relationship
- symbolism
- tradition
- three generations
- economic crisis
- military
- village
- fate
- metaphor
- malice
- year 1887
- winter the season
- flour mill
- beekeeper
- hope
- family relationships
- 20th century
- europe
- period drama
- costume drama
- slovak history
- central europe
- death
- injury
- fish
- grenade
The Millennial Bee Cast & Characters
Jozef Kroner leads the cast as Martin Pichanda, with Zuzana Bydžovská as Stázka and Michal Dočolomanský as Valent. Directed by Juraj Jakubisko; 153 actors are credited in all.
- Director Juraj Jakubisko
- Jozef Kroner as Martin Pichanda
- Zuzana Bydžovská as Stázka
- Michal Dočolomanský as Valent
- Bára Štěpánová as Hermína
Also Starring in The Millennial Bee
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- Štefan Kvietik Samo
- Zdeněk Dušek
- Michal Dlouhý
- Hana Gregorová Julča
- Vlado Černý murár
- Jana Oľhová
- Viliam Polónyi
- Jiří Císler Belányi
- Zdeněk Blažek
- Andrej Hryc
- Milan Kiš Dropa
- Vladimír Kostovič
- Jana Dolanská Hanka
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- Jaromír Kučera
- Igor Čillík Svanda
- Ján Mildner
- Ferenc Lengyel
- Eva Jakoubková Kristína
- František Gervai
- Mátyás Dráfi
- Jana Březinová
- Lotár Radványi
- Štefan Mišovic
- Štefan Figura
- Augustín Kubán
- František Kovár
- Radan Rusev
- Štefan Kožka
- Miluše Šplechtová
- Jiří Schmiedt
- Alexander Bada
- Ivan Drozdy
- Jana Stehnová
- Jozef Husár
- Vladimír Zimmer
- Peter Kočiš
- Gejza Sedlák
- Hugo Kaminský
- Emil Horváth st.
- Ivan Matulík
- Karel Habart
- Jozef Belan
- Teodor Piovarči
- Benjamín Michalský
- Ivana Valešová Mária
- Jana Janovská Ružena
- Natália Hasprová
- Andrej Vandlík
- Ernest Šmigura
- Nicol Zábrodská
- Viliam Náčiniak Dancer
- Peter Paťák Dancer
- Oľga Načiniaková Dancer
- Sylvia Gonščáková Dancer
- Daniela Matějková Dancer
- Dušan Matejka Dancer
- Ľuboš Plešinger Dancer
- Jana Šinkorová Dancer
- Ľubomír Kluka Dancer
- Libuša Kučerová Dancer
- Mária Horváthová Dancer
- Ján Bábi Dancer
- Margita Karsayová Dancer
- František Katona Dancer
- Agáta Katonová Dancer
- Ladislav Hajdu Dancer
- Ivan Bažalík Dancer
- Ján Kamenický Dancer
- Peter Hasák Dancer
- Ivana Kvačalová Dancer
- Daniela Žáková Dancer
- Jaroslav Chodelka Dancer
- Rudolf Valent Dancer
- Oľga Krajanová Dancer
- Renáta Strelingerová Dancer
- Verona Mihálová Dancer
- Štefánia Zahatlanová Dancer
- Imrich Szokolay Dancer
- Stanislav Starzl Dancer
- Juraj Tonkovič Dancer
- Jozef Kurucz Dancer
- Jozef Zelinka Dancer
- Oleg Latták Dancer
- Rudolf Biháry Musician
- Gustav Mezzei Musician
- Imrich Mezzei Musician
- Mikuláš Mezzei Musician
- Ladislav Vontszemü Musician
- Štefan Šafárik
- Jozef Banyák
- Hana Lanková
- Václav Baur
- Viliam Ivanič
- Jozef Vaš
- Jiří Klepl
- Pavla Severinová
- Jozef Jakubec
- Peter Koza
- Vladimír Kittler
- Július Mazanec
- Anton Živčic
- Jiří Kvasnička
- Daniel Králik
- Andrej Rudavský
- Katarína Synková
- Vojtech Várady
- Václav Šimice
- Martin Peterich
- Jozef Mokoš
- Ivan Rumanovský
- Svatopluk Mohapl
- Peter Maťo
- Roman Žačka
- Miroslav Maron
- Tomáš Horváth
- Marek Matloch
- Branislav Uherek
- Andrej Buday
- Darina Maťašová
- Daniel Vychopeň
- Tomáš Zálešák
- Dušan Šagát
- Róbert Laurinec
- Peter Weisman
- Július Košírel
- Darina Mauréry
- Zlatica Gillová
- Helena Remšíková
- Matej Čech
- Kristína Dušeková
- Markéta Čechová
- Jozef Hamráček
- M. Novotná-Žabková
- Štefan Píšša
- Angela Jakubisová
- Anton Januš
- Peter Lejko
- Ladislav Poštár
- Milan Čech
- Ivan Friedl
- Efrozína Gyermeková
- Edita Gallová
- Henrietta Kohoutová
- Bohumil Kostrec
- František Plevka
- Janette Jakubisková
More from Juraj Jakubisko
More films directed by Juraj Jakubisko: The Feather Fairy - Two Worlds, Bathory: Countess of Blood, Post Coitum and It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick.
The Millennial Bee Also Known As
5 alternative titles, including “Tisícročná včela” and “A Thousand Year Old Bee”.
- Also known as
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- Tisícročná včela
- A Thousand Year Old Bee
- Millennium Bee
- 千年蜂皇
- Un'ape millenaria
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The Millennial Bee FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of The Millennial Bee, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Millennial Bee?
The Millennial Bee runs 2 hours 42 minutes (162 minutes).
When was The Millennial Bee released?
The Millennial Bee was released on September 6, 1983.
Who directed The Millennial Bee?
The Millennial Bee was directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
More films by Juraj Jakubisko Who is in the cast of The Millennial Bee?
The Millennial Bee stars Jozef Kroner as Martin Pichanda, Zuzana Bydžovská as Stázka and Michal Dočolomanský as Valent, among 153 credited actors.
Does The Millennial Bee have a post-credit scene?
No. The Millennial Bee has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is The Millennial Bee in?
The original language of The Millennial Bee is Slovak.
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