1 00:00:09,292 --> 00:00:14,283 The NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVES presents 2 00:00:24,214 --> 00:00:28,078 THE VALLEY OF THE BEES 3 00:00:28,173 --> 00:00:30,249 From a story by Vladimír Körner 4 00:00:30,342 --> 00:00:32,795 Screenplay Vladimír Körner and František Vláčil 5 00:00:32,884 --> 00:00:34,958 Script reviewer Antonín Mása 6 00:01:11,646 --> 00:01:13,305 Assistant director Ales Dospiva 7 00:01:13,397 --> 00:01:15,055 Edition secretary Eva Kubesová 8 00:01:15,147 --> 00:01:17,021 Associate Producer Jan Kratochvíl 9 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:25,353 Production assistants 10 00:01:28,193 --> 00:01:32,354 Scenography / Makeup / Costumes 11 00:01:34,613 --> 00:01:36,485 Artistic director Jindrich Goetz 12 00:01:36,572 --> 00:01:38,444 Costume designer Theodor Pistek 13 00:01:38,530 --> 00:01:40,189 Consultant Václav Mencl 14 00:01:40,281 --> 00:01:44,655 Music Zdenek Liska 15 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:47,740 Conductor of the symphony orchestra František Belfín 16 00:01:47,826 --> 00:01:51,523 Chorus directed by Pavel Kühn 17 00:01:51,618 --> 00:01:53,905 Assembly Miroslav Hájek 18 00:01:53,994 --> 00:01:56,281 Sound František Fabián 19 00:01:56,370 --> 00:02:00,946 Manufacturer Vera Kadlecová 20 00:02:01,038 --> 00:02:05,282 Director of photography František Uldrich 21 00:02:05,373 --> 00:02:10,364 Direction František Vláčil 22 00:02:10,458 --> 00:02:16,327 Production team Ladislav Novotny-Bedrich Kubala 23 00:02:16,817 --> 00:02:28,594 Translation: JulesJT www.asianworld.it - The Other Cinema - 24 00:03:00,432 --> 00:03:02,923 May you have children in the current year. 25 00:03:03,601 --> 00:03:05,888 Ondřej! 26 00:03:08,144 --> 00:03:10,715 Hurry up! 27 00:03:13,228 --> 00:03:15,101 Ondřej! 28 00:03:18,606 --> 00:03:22,103 We were looking for you. 29 00:03:23,607 --> 00:03:26,725 Come here to us. 30 00:03:34,111 --> 00:03:38,686 She is your new mother. 31 00:03:44,239 --> 00:03:47,736 Don't be afraid. Go give her a kiss. 32 00:04:04,621 --> 00:04:06,778 Did you bring a gift? 33 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,155 Come and present it. 34 00:05:50,865 --> 00:05:52,939 Father! 35 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:16,113 Lord, don't let him die! 36 00:06:39,089 --> 00:06:41,578 Merciful Virgin... 37 00:06:43,924 --> 00:06:48,215 I promise to dedicate his soul to You. 38 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:52,426 Save his life 39 00:06:54,469 --> 00:06:57,041 and he will become a servant of Yours. 40 00:07:18,811 --> 00:07:21,644 Ondřej of Wolfenberg... 41 00:07:23,479 --> 00:07:27,343 you agree to accommodate this cross and to follow me? 42 00:07:27,438 --> 00:07:30,686 Yes, I want it. 43 00:07:30,773 --> 00:07:33,476 You give up your riches 44 00:07:33,566 --> 00:07:37,063 as a sign of subjection to our Order? 45 00:07:38,234 --> 00:07:41,435 Yes, I want it. 46 00:07:41,526 --> 00:07:46,268 You will temper your heart and you will never give up 47 00:07:46,361 --> 00:07:49,811 to the charm of women, of men or of your body? 48 00:07:53,114 --> 00:07:58,449 Yes... I will. 49 00:07:59,365 --> 00:08:02,281 You give up your parents 50 00:08:03,701 --> 00:08:06,818 and you vote for your existence to the Celestial Virgin? 51 00:08:06,910 --> 00:08:10,075 I want it and may God help me. 52 00:08:10,745 --> 00:08:12,985 The power of the Order 53 00:08:13,078 --> 00:08:17,204 It prevails over pride and on wickedness. 54 00:08:18,205 --> 00:08:21,323 Kneel down, Ondřej from Wolfenberg. 55 00:08:30,167 --> 00:08:32,491 Look in front of you. 56 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,920 Brother, arise and follow me, 57 00:09:01,428 --> 00:09:04,712 in the name of Christ, your light. 58 00:09:30,688 --> 00:09:34,470 - Have you ever seen the sea before? - No. 59 00:09:35,815 --> 00:09:38,648 Not until now. 60 00:09:38,732 --> 00:09:43,640 I wish I could see it again for the first time. 61 00:09:48,652 --> 00:09:50,893 Taste the water. 62 00:09:55,154 --> 00:09:57,822 It's salty. 63 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,567 Brother, what is your name? 64 00:10:01,406 --> 00:10:04,525 Ondřej from Vlkov. 65 00:10:04,616 --> 00:10:07,615 - And yours? - Armin von Heide. 66 00:10:09,659 --> 00:10:11,983 We will become friends, Ondřej. 67 00:10:26,665 --> 00:10:33,991 Years passed and the Order became more powerful. 68 00:10:36,252 --> 00:10:38,575 Far from here lies Wenden, 69 00:10:40,503 --> 00:10:43,751 home of our brothers more devoted 70 00:10:46,088 --> 00:10:48,577 which they lent the vow of silence. 71 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:52,923 Some have walled themselves up alive. 72 00:10:54,341 --> 00:10:56,664 Some time ago I wanted to join them. 73 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,633 Ondřej, hold on! Take my hand! 74 00:11:03,802 --> 00:11:08,260 First you will feel a chill, after which the pain. 75 00:11:09,804 --> 00:11:12,673 The lower limbs they will become numb 76 00:11:12,763 --> 00:11:15,798 but your spirit will rise 77 00:11:17,431 --> 00:11:19,885 above of your weaknesses 78 00:11:21,017 --> 00:11:23,766 and of human misery. 79 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:31,309 - How do you feel? - I am cold. 80 00:11:35,772 --> 00:11:40,347 Your hands are cold, as if they were lifeless. 81 00:11:46,608 --> 00:11:49,441 Suffering represents the way of the Lord. 82 00:11:54,319 --> 00:11:56,773 How long have you travelled, Armin? 83 00:12:03,822 --> 00:12:06,905 That's enough. The fast has begun. 84 00:12:12,033 --> 00:12:14,238 Once I... 85 00:12:23,037 --> 00:12:26,653 I arrived on a covered plain of hot sand. 86 00:12:28,997 --> 00:12:31,119 Was it far from here? 87 00:12:36,459 --> 00:12:38,782 No one ever returned from that place. 88 00:12:49,629 --> 00:12:52,747 None of us saw it the sacred walls of Jerusalem. 89 00:12:55,256 --> 00:12:58,670 The Grand Commander died of the plague near San Giovanni d'Acri. 90 00:13:00,591 --> 00:13:06,377 We faced the heat, the pagans and hemorrhages. 91 00:13:06,469 --> 00:13:10,380 - May God be with you, brother. - Even with you. 92 00:13:10,470 --> 00:13:12,674 God be with you, brothers. 93 00:13:14,179 --> 00:13:16,964 Some knights were of mercenaries 94 00:13:17,055 --> 00:13:20,053 and they did not seek salvation. 95 00:13:21,098 --> 00:13:24,796 They chased wealth and beautiful women 96 00:13:24,891 --> 00:13:27,676 ending up drinking their urine in the desert, 97 00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:30,386 cursing God and their mothers. 98 00:13:39,521 --> 00:13:42,639 In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 99 00:13:42,730 --> 00:13:46,559 Be zealous in prayers and in the defense of the faith. 100 00:13:46,731 --> 00:13:49,351 The Great Fast has begun. 101 00:14:38,665 --> 00:14:42,115 I didn't see Brother Rotgier today. 102 00:14:46,084 --> 00:14:48,408 Is he perhaps ill? 103 00:15:45,813 --> 00:15:48,136 What's happening, Ondřej? 104 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:53,391 I want to water my horse. I'll join you later. 105 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:11,361 Do you see that forest? 106 00:16:16,115 --> 00:16:19,398 - Rotgier? - Ondřej, I need a horse. 107 00:16:19,532 --> 00:16:22,402 - We were looking for you. - I know. 108 00:16:25,868 --> 00:16:28,404 I need your help. 109 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:33,694 You have to go back. 110 00:16:36,454 --> 00:16:38,328 Where? 111 00:16:39,998 --> 00:16:42,155 From the monks? 112 00:16:43,790 --> 00:16:46,161 To be blinded from their darkness 113 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:51,657 and die of eternal fasting? 114 00:17:09,965 --> 00:17:12,586 Have you seen that forest? 115 00:17:12,675 --> 00:17:18,127 It's out of reach of the Order. 116 00:17:20,926 --> 00:17:23,169 You are still here, 117 00:17:25,305 --> 00:17:27,592 on this shore. 118 00:17:34,849 --> 00:17:38,014 Don't have a place to return to? 119 00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:55,429 I own land in the Harz*. (editor's note: German mountain range) 120 00:17:59,399 --> 00:18:04,188 It's in a valley nearby of the source of the five rivers. 121 00:18:13,070 --> 00:18:15,642 You can come with me, Brother. 122 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:21,854 We'll both go riding. I will find you a wife. 123 00:18:21,948 --> 00:18:24,236 You are betraying Jesus Christ! 124 00:18:29,576 --> 00:18:31,650 As you wish. 125 00:19:08,798 --> 00:19:10,954 Backwards! 126 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:47,715 Is something wrong, Ondřej? 127 00:19:55,438 --> 00:19:57,892 What happened? 128 00:20:03,565 --> 00:20:05,770 Did that bastard stab you? 129 00:20:07,108 --> 00:20:08,980 No... 130 00:20:12,944 --> 00:20:15,018 it wasn't him. 131 00:20:19,029 --> 00:20:21,435 Where's your horse? 132 00:20:30,658 --> 00:20:32,732 Get up. 133 00:20:38,785 --> 00:20:41,156 Can you walk? 134 00:21:07,753 --> 00:21:10,208 I don't want to punish you, 135 00:21:10,296 --> 00:21:13,580 but you can't leave the cell until the end of the fast. 136 00:21:16,423 --> 00:21:18,912 Ask God to forgive your weakness. 137 00:21:33,095 --> 00:21:36,426 You can have mercy for your enemies, 138 00:21:38,472 --> 00:21:41,092 but you can't forgive of the traitor brothers. 139 00:21:41,182 --> 00:21:44,796 Brother... my brother... 140 00:21:45,401 --> 00:21:46,848 Shut up, dog! 141 00:21:52,976 --> 00:21:55,383 You hurt one of your brothers! 142 00:21:58,979 --> 00:22:01,551 Do you know what awaits you? 143 00:22:08,398 --> 00:22:11,268 May God forgive your weakness. 144 00:26:11,062 --> 00:26:13,553 Sweet bride, give me a drink. 145 00:26:23,317 --> 00:26:26,232 It is what is written. 146 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:29,808 I can't read. 147 00:26:30,278 --> 00:26:33,526 I read very well. 148 00:26:36,029 --> 00:26:38,104 Greek, 149 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:40,569 Latin, 150 00:26:42,199 --> 00:26:44,818 German... What is it? 151 00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:53,074 You also want him to marry her will you bring a drink? 152 00:26:53,202 --> 00:26:55,525 The fast is over. 153 00:27:01,955 --> 00:27:04,361 Look at you. 154 00:27:06,123 --> 00:27:10,034 How ugly are you?! Be quiet! 155 00:27:35,424 --> 00:27:37,996 How is he? 156 00:27:38,092 --> 00:27:43,924 He refuses to eat. His cell was opened. 157 00:27:47,887 --> 00:27:51,336 - Are you praying? - He was silent. 158 00:27:52,597 --> 00:27:55,797 When the dogs tore Rotgier to pieces, 159 00:27:57,390 --> 00:28:01,681 - I heard a laugh. - Did he laugh? 160 00:28:01,808 --> 00:28:03,883 Yes, sir. 161 00:28:15,563 --> 00:28:18,052 Ondřej! 162 00:29:43,676 --> 00:29:46,046 I'll bring him back. 163 00:29:52,011 --> 00:29:54,133 Come closer. 164 00:29:55,179 --> 00:29:57,964 Grant it to me, venerable one Brother Commander. 165 00:29:58,055 --> 00:30:00,379 Move closer to the fire. 166 00:30:04,557 --> 00:30:06,881 You're soaking wet. 167 00:30:07,642 --> 00:30:09,716 Let me chase him... 168 00:30:12,601 --> 00:30:16,134 and trust in me, whether it's late or not. 169 00:30:17,812 --> 00:30:20,479 You want to quit our territory? 170 00:30:20,563 --> 00:30:22,637 Yes, exactly. 171 00:30:31,525 --> 00:30:36,065 We act in sin, that's how it's always been. 172 00:30:40,361 --> 00:30:45,435 The intrinsic weakness within us it will not leave our bodies 173 00:30:45,571 --> 00:30:48,025 until they lie down in a grave. 174 00:30:50,156 --> 00:30:54,779 - We cannot defend ourselves. - It's not about my salvation. 175 00:30:57,241 --> 00:31:03,110 He has lost his way but he will return. 176 00:31:16,665 --> 00:31:19,071 Pass me the cloak. 177 00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:26,035 Why are your hands so cold? 178 00:31:26,834 --> 00:31:29,953 Heat them near the fire before serving me. 179 00:32:34,524 --> 00:32:37,393 What are you running away from? 180 00:32:39,067 --> 00:32:41,639 How can I reach Wolfenberg? 181 00:32:41,776 --> 00:32:45,108 - Never heard of it before. - Means "Vlkov" in Czech. 182 00:32:46,737 --> 00:32:48,977 I don't know that one either. 183 00:32:56,281 --> 00:32:58,687 I'm in Bohemia, right? 184 00:33:00,491 --> 00:33:02,648 Yes, that's right. 185 00:33:10,369 --> 00:33:12,241 Yacho! 186 00:33:14,078 --> 00:33:15,952 Yacho! 187 00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:20,617 Come here, Yacho! 188 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:29,783 Who are you? 189 00:33:30,793 --> 00:33:32,666 I can't see you. 190 00:33:34,419 --> 00:33:36,494 Cover up, girl. 191 00:33:42,546 --> 00:33:44,870 Yacho! 192 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:47,129 Yacho, help me! 193 00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:10,710 I didn't even hear your steps. 194 00:34:10,806 --> 00:34:15,797 You are not a farmer. You walk too proudly. 195 00:34:17,516 --> 00:34:21,215 You're not even a merchant, otherwise you would talk more. 196 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:24,641 - Where is everyone? - Our father is with the flock. 197 00:34:24,726 --> 00:34:28,058 The hunters will return only tonight. 198 00:34:28,145 --> 00:34:31,014 Eat, drink and may God bless you. 199 00:34:31,105 --> 00:34:33,511 Thanks, girl. 200 00:34:37,148 --> 00:34:39,472 What is it? 201 00:34:40,565 --> 00:34:43,399 Are you blind? 202 00:34:44,692 --> 00:34:46,850 Are you coming from far away? 203 00:34:50,735 --> 00:34:53,225 I'm from the north. 204 00:34:53,987 --> 00:34:56,311 I'm looking for my brother. 205 00:35:01,824 --> 00:35:06,281 - What is it? - Sheep's milk. 206 00:35:07,742 --> 00:35:10,112 Haven't you ever drank it before? 207 00:35:15,953 --> 00:35:20,576 - Don't you fear strangers? - And why on earth? 208 00:35:22,413 --> 00:35:25,365 I could recognize you by your hand. 209 00:35:25,456 --> 00:35:27,613 I can't touch you. 210 00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:33,864 - What if I did it? - You'd lose your hand. 211 00:35:36,043 --> 00:35:38,958 Now your voice seems different. 212 00:35:45,212 --> 00:35:47,833 Why are you so quiet? 213 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:52,250 Talk to me. 214 00:35:58,175 --> 00:36:01,708 - What does your mother call you? - I don't have a mother. 215 00:36:01,802 --> 00:36:05,548 - Do you have a father? - I don't have a family. 216 00:36:10,012 --> 00:36:12,087 I do not serve earthly people. 217 00:36:13,097 --> 00:36:16,546 So why are you looking your brother? 218 00:36:20,433 --> 00:36:25,850 - I'm blind, yet I can distinguish you. - And what do you see? 219 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:34,349 Something that scares me and which attracts me at the same time. 220 00:36:35,438 --> 00:36:37,678 Go away, girl. 221 00:36:40,022 --> 00:36:42,346 I'm sorry for you. 222 00:36:44,482 --> 00:36:49,983 God will forgive you because you don't know what you're saying. 223 00:37:42,335 --> 00:37:44,492 My lord... 224 00:37:49,129 --> 00:37:51,535 join us. 225 00:37:52,714 --> 00:37:55,381 He hasn't eaten yet. 226 00:38:13,470 --> 00:38:16,255 We caught a deer. 227 00:38:17,597 --> 00:38:20,051 Give me something to drink. 228 00:38:21,598 --> 00:38:24,004 Waterfall! 229 00:38:29,059 --> 00:38:31,808 Are you traveling alone? 230 00:38:34,061 --> 00:38:36,384 Aren't you afraid? 231 00:38:41,063 --> 00:38:43,978 I am protected by the cross of my Order. 232 00:38:47,231 --> 00:38:52,305 Not in this country. 233 00:39:00,069 --> 00:39:02,143 Who owns the forests? 234 00:39:06,363 --> 00:39:08,852 I am a small landowner. 235 00:39:09,947 --> 00:39:12,271 So are they yours? 236 00:39:21,035 --> 00:39:24,117 This deer was killed by a lynx. 237 00:39:25,869 --> 00:39:27,944 We have preserved the carcass. 238 00:39:33,456 --> 00:39:36,869 There must be someone in the enclosure. 239 00:39:47,126 --> 00:39:49,284 Quarrymen. 240 00:39:50,836 --> 00:39:53,788 They are my distant neighbors. 241 00:39:55,588 --> 00:39:58,540 Can I host them? 242 00:40:08,009 --> 00:40:10,758 What happens on the hill? 243 00:40:11,885 --> 00:40:18,761 This morning we found it of blood in a clearing. 244 00:40:18,846 --> 00:40:23,884 - We would like to stay for the night. - You will be safe here. 245 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:29,717 You lost your hand or what else? 246 00:40:31,516 --> 00:40:33,674 What are you afraid of? 247 00:40:35,810 --> 00:40:38,429 He's shaking. 248 00:40:39,894 --> 00:40:43,391 He showed up at midnight a stranger. 249 00:40:43,478 --> 00:40:48,267 He was barefoot and clothed of rags from the waist down. 250 00:40:49,148 --> 00:40:52,063 What did he want? 251 00:40:52,899 --> 00:40:56,561 We gave him some food... 252 00:40:56,650 --> 00:41:00,644 then he asked where to get a horse. 253 00:41:05,445 --> 00:41:09,522 - What do you have on hand? - I got burned. 254 00:41:11,655 --> 00:41:16,609 This is the wound of a blade. 255 00:41:19,783 --> 00:41:21,857 He was carrying a sword. 256 00:41:24,034 --> 00:41:26,605 You ambushed him. 257 00:41:28,535 --> 00:41:30,906 No. 258 00:41:31,953 --> 00:41:34,028 We wanted the sword. 259 00:41:34,121 --> 00:41:36,278 One like this? 260 00:41:51,668 --> 00:41:53,541 Sir... 261 00:42:01,713 --> 00:42:04,878 Is he awake? 262 00:42:11,175 --> 00:42:14,872 Get up and go out. I brought her a horse. 263 00:42:24,846 --> 00:42:27,465 Get up, Ondřej. 264 00:42:30,056 --> 00:42:32,758 - We have to go. - Where? 265 00:42:33,765 --> 00:42:38,424 North. You will go on a pilgrimage of penance. 266 00:42:40,768 --> 00:42:45,094 - Armin, I don't want to go back. - We'll go together. 267 00:42:46,811 --> 00:42:50,143 You belong to the Order. 268 00:42:50,230 --> 00:42:55,184 My father promised me to you to save his soul. 269 00:42:57,273 --> 00:42:59,348 Think about your soul. 270 00:43:01,483 --> 00:43:03,853 Don't worry about me. 271 00:43:17,696 --> 00:43:22,984 You got the vote. Throw the cloak will not free you. 272 00:43:23,074 --> 00:43:27,448 Enough talking. My house is not far away. 273 00:43:31,993 --> 00:43:34,909 I am indebted to you... 274 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:43,445 for the horse. 275 00:43:54,292 --> 00:43:56,960 - Hands off! - It's mine! 276 00:43:57,585 --> 00:44:01,532 - You're not in charge here. - Go away! 277 00:45:13,694 --> 00:45:17,060 I promised that you would return. 278 00:46:44,724 --> 00:46:48,932 I haven't drank since I got back from the Sacred Land. 279 00:47:07,607 --> 00:47:10,143 It was an arduous test. 280 00:48:30,051 --> 00:48:31,923 Armin! 281 00:49:28,820 --> 00:49:30,942 Open up! 282 00:49:31,655 --> 00:49:36,029 - I'm unarmed. - These are difficult times. 283 00:49:37,824 --> 00:49:43,739 - Someone might have followed you. - Shut up! Take off the chains! 284 00:49:44,326 --> 00:49:46,317 I want to meet the Lord of Vlkov. 285 00:49:46,410 --> 00:49:50,025 Retrace your steps and you will find his tomb. 286 00:49:50,119 --> 00:49:53,451 What is it, Marquart? 287 00:49:53,537 --> 00:49:56,869 Come here and you will see... 288 00:49:59,664 --> 00:50:01,739 What are you doing here? 289 00:50:03,165 --> 00:50:05,239 I'm Ondřej. 290 00:50:10,084 --> 00:50:14,459 Lady Lenora! Lady Lenora! 291 00:50:20,296 --> 00:50:25,085 - It's you... - God be with you, Jakub. 292 00:50:31,841 --> 00:50:34,081 You don't even give me a hug? 293 00:50:34,175 --> 00:50:36,499 Holy Virgin, I... 294 00:50:42,262 --> 00:50:44,336 Who is he, Jakub? 295 00:50:45,388 --> 00:50:47,758 Lady, cheer up. 296 00:50:53,474 --> 00:50:55,845 Good God... 297 00:51:10,563 --> 00:51:13,727 Come. Don't stay here. 298 00:51:13,814 --> 00:51:19,266 Leave me alone, mother. I almost want to cry. 299 00:52:54,931 --> 00:52:57,551 Why do I have a separate bowl? 300 00:53:01,016 --> 00:53:03,801 Do I have anger or what? 301 00:53:12,020 --> 00:53:14,935 Ondřej, why are you raising your voice? 302 00:53:16,271 --> 00:53:18,807 We don't eat meat since his death. 303 00:53:25,025 --> 00:53:28,722 Lord, have mercy. 304 00:53:35,444 --> 00:53:39,570 Jakub, close the gate and release the dogs. 305 00:53:43,614 --> 00:53:46,068 We no longer have dogs. 306 00:53:55,201 --> 00:53:58,117 Come to me in the morning. 307 00:54:06,704 --> 00:54:09,240 What are you afraid of? 308 00:54:16,791 --> 00:54:20,122 We usually untied them at night... 309 00:54:23,418 --> 00:54:25,576 up in the north. 310 00:54:35,797 --> 00:54:38,998 Mother, are you sleeping upstairs? 311 00:54:42,967 --> 00:54:45,836 Now the attic is free. 312 00:54:52,636 --> 00:54:55,885 House martins* nested there. (n.d.t: birds of the swallow family) 313 00:54:56,930 --> 00:54:59,550 We had to close taxes. 314 00:55:13,436 --> 00:55:16,553 You have changed. 315 00:55:20,312 --> 00:55:24,142 You're not the same guy who went away from us. 316 00:55:58,909 --> 00:56:03,568 - Wait, I'll take you there. - It's no use, mother. 317 00:56:07,245 --> 00:56:10,778 On second thought, you decide. 318 00:56:26,918 --> 00:56:29,870 Wear this. It's clean. 319 00:56:40,047 --> 00:56:42,335 Help me. 320 00:57:22,478 --> 00:57:25,097 Once it was full. 321 00:57:25,897 --> 00:57:30,354 He saved a lot of Grosz* to buy you back. (ed: medieval silver coins) 322 00:57:33,023 --> 00:57:37,314 Yet he doesn't want to break up the promise made to God. 323 00:57:45,569 --> 00:57:49,150 - We are poor, Ondřej. - Give me his sword. 324 00:58:01,658 --> 00:58:07,858 I have nothing with me. I'm already happy to be alive. 325 00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,494 Why do you close your eyes? 326 00:58:44,506 --> 00:58:46,876 Lena, are you crying? 327 00:58:54,008 --> 00:58:56,414 I know you're here. 328 00:58:58,469 --> 00:59:00,674 Leave me alone and go away. 329 00:59:13,724 --> 00:59:16,011 I want to be alone. 330 01:00:02,198 --> 01:00:07,699 Lord, deliver us from evil who arrived in the tomb. 331 01:00:07,783 --> 01:00:15,075 May the wheat prosper. May the werewolf not poison us. 332 01:00:15,161 --> 01:00:17,911 Let the snake not drink the milk of our cows. 333 01:00:17,995 --> 01:00:20,864 Make peace reign in Vlkov. 334 01:00:23,955 --> 01:00:27,157 He usually sat here... 335 01:00:29,749 --> 01:00:34,076 waiting for you to return. 336 01:00:34,167 --> 01:00:39,750 During snowstorms, we rang the bell 337 01:00:39,835 --> 01:00:42,954 so that you do not lose the road. 338 01:00:56,508 --> 01:00:58,962 What do you see? 339 01:01:04,011 --> 01:01:07,507 A wonderful day, my master. 340 01:01:20,683 --> 01:01:23,136 I hope it stays that way. 341 01:01:25,184 --> 01:01:28,634 - Is the gate open? - Yes, for my lady. 342 01:01:28,727 --> 01:01:32,390 He goes to mass every morning. 343 01:01:34,271 --> 01:01:37,719 Never open it for anyone without my consent. 344 01:01:37,813 --> 01:01:40,729 Not even for those in difficulty. 345 01:02:35,874 --> 01:02:38,743 Hana... 346 01:02:38,834 --> 01:02:41,453 Don't just stand there! 347 01:02:42,501 --> 01:02:45,287 Pour water on me. 348 01:02:55,631 --> 01:02:57,871 More! 349 01:03:00,300 --> 01:03:02,207 Still. 350 01:03:04,301 --> 01:03:07,797 Betka, come here! 351 01:03:10,427 --> 01:03:12,004 At this point. 352 01:03:13,011 --> 01:03:15,502 This is where it burns. 353 01:03:18,764 --> 01:03:21,170 Moreover. 354 01:04:16,742 --> 01:04:19,444 That may be enough. Dry me. 355 01:04:21,576 --> 01:04:26,448 What a sad place... We need children in a courtyard! 356 01:04:26,536 --> 01:04:29,619 It will never happen here. 357 01:04:37,457 --> 01:04:39,364 Jakub! 358 01:04:40,041 --> 01:04:42,446 Saddle my horse. 359 01:04:48,460 --> 01:04:50,665 Look, master. 360 01:04:53,170 --> 01:04:55,327 Let me see. 361 01:04:59,673 --> 01:05:04,627 A shepherd gave me the puppy after killing a she-wolf. 362 01:05:06,841 --> 01:05:09,295 He had come looking for her. 363 01:05:11,759 --> 01:05:15,340 - I begged him. - Is she a wolf pup? 364 01:05:15,428 --> 01:05:17,715 Yes, my lord. 365 01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:34,223 - Can you handle dogs? - It's not complicated. 366 01:05:46,397 --> 01:05:48,850 Open the gate. 367 01:05:51,398 --> 01:05:55,642 Jakub, here who they belong to hunting dogs? 368 01:05:55,732 --> 01:05:59,395 - Hunting dogs? - Now you look like your father. 369 01:06:03,319 --> 01:06:05,773 Am I about to die? 370 01:06:39,039 --> 01:06:42,452 May eternal bliss be with you. 371 01:06:44,248 --> 01:06:47,663 Did he want to see me? 372 01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:54,116 I heard you came back. Nobody knew where you were. 373 01:06:55,252 --> 01:07:00,208 - I don't know her. - I'm Father Blasius. 374 01:07:03,506 --> 01:07:06,588 I can't shake her hand. 375 01:07:06,673 --> 01:07:09,837 - Don't they sting you? - Yes, they do. 376 01:07:11,258 --> 01:07:15,917 It's happened to me dozens of times. You get used to it. 377 01:07:21,386 --> 01:07:23,461 And do they sting today? 378 01:07:23,554 --> 01:07:26,090 They can sense the arrival of a storm. 379 01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:29,967 It's very hot. 380 01:07:34,307 --> 01:07:39,013 I listened today your mother's confession. 381 01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,345 They saw you come in in an order near the sea. 382 01:07:54,939 --> 01:07:57,013 It was a long time ago. 383 01:07:59,107 --> 01:08:02,142 I had felt bad. 384 01:08:04,192 --> 01:08:09,017 I had decided to go home once I recovered. 385 01:08:09,819 --> 01:08:11,893 You decided well. 386 01:08:13,445 --> 01:08:21,151 Vlkov lacked a teacher and the church needed donors. 387 01:08:23,198 --> 01:08:29,446 - You can't order it from me. - It was a humble request. 388 01:08:31,910 --> 01:08:35,158 Do you have any news for me? 389 01:08:35,243 --> 01:08:40,282 Pentecost Sunday is near. Local children will gather here. 390 01:08:43,121 --> 01:08:46,488 We will open our gates for them. 391 01:08:50,374 --> 01:08:52,661 God bless you, son. 392 01:09:48,602 --> 01:09:50,676 Where are you going? 393 01:09:50,770 --> 01:09:53,970 To get some water. 394 01:10:25,031 --> 01:10:27,484 What troubles you, my lady? 395 01:10:34,451 --> 01:10:37,284 I'll soak it his scarf. 396 01:11:19,383 --> 01:11:22,216 This is how it will work, master! 397 01:11:24,092 --> 01:11:26,379 Now they will chase him. 398 01:11:29,969 --> 01:11:33,881 It was created for hunting dogs. 399 01:11:35,596 --> 01:11:37,671 Now free him! 400 01:11:59,062 --> 01:12:00,934 My horses! 401 01:12:01,938 --> 01:12:04,013 Jakub, hurry! 402 01:13:02,041 --> 01:13:04,448 Do not continue any further! 403 01:13:05,543 --> 01:13:07,617 It's a swamp! 404 01:13:21,673 --> 01:13:24,921 I found your father around here. 405 01:13:27,383 --> 01:13:30,086 A branch took him away an eye. 406 01:13:31,426 --> 01:13:37,792 He fell from the horse and the dogs tore him to pieces. 407 01:13:40,179 --> 01:13:45,170 - I had to kill them. - You never told me about my mother. 408 01:13:47,223 --> 01:13:49,464 No wonder, master. 409 01:13:53,475 --> 01:13:56,842 She hates remembering that story. 410 01:15:22,589 --> 01:15:26,037 Why don't you come out? 411 01:15:28,340 --> 01:15:32,714 Get up. Why are you kneeling? 412 01:15:34,301 --> 01:15:36,375 Don't come near me. 413 01:15:37,844 --> 01:15:41,292 Go out and leave me alone. 414 01:15:44,970 --> 01:15:47,092 Go away! 415 01:16:05,686 --> 01:16:09,017 What else do you want, Ondřej? 416 01:16:14,605 --> 01:16:17,355 No... 417 01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:19,562 No, Ondřej! No! 418 01:16:19,649 --> 01:16:24,107 You have already brought misfortune. Your father cursed me. 419 01:16:24,192 --> 01:16:26,267 Leave me alone! 420 01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:32,402 You will abandon me as you did with the Order. 421 01:16:48,075 --> 01:16:50,233 I am your mother... 422 01:18:55,493 --> 01:18:58,196 Come to me, Ondřej. 423 01:19:04,745 --> 01:19:08,077 It will rain soon. 424 01:19:14,916 --> 01:19:18,780 I'll show you my favorite place. 425 01:19:34,505 --> 01:19:36,581 Look, Ondřej. 426 01:19:38,215 --> 01:19:40,290 Someone was here. 427 01:19:48,343 --> 01:19:50,548 We'll wait here the end of the storm. 428 01:19:56,180 --> 01:19:58,503 Come closer. 429 01:20:25,439 --> 01:20:28,011 What is it, Ondřej? 430 01:20:36,610 --> 01:20:39,182 Do you understand that I'm on your side? 431 01:20:42,820 --> 01:20:45,605 What happened? 432 01:21:07,162 --> 01:21:09,912 Father Blasius promised to get married. 433 01:21:39,548 --> 01:21:41,669 I knew you were close. 434 01:21:41,756 --> 01:21:46,214 How can he tolerate this happening in that wicked castle?! 435 01:21:46,299 --> 01:21:49,084 Ours is a poor church. 436 01:21:54,302 --> 01:21:58,677 He promised a donation for each day of the Ascension. 437 01:22:00,763 --> 01:22:03,216 Every year. 438 01:22:04,263 --> 01:22:06,634 Think about the punishment. 439 01:22:12,767 --> 01:22:15,931 He can marry them every begging friar. 440 01:22:18,227 --> 01:22:24,759 Or must they live in sin? 441 01:22:26,730 --> 01:22:29,219 I have come in robe of Knight of the Cross. 442 01:22:31,398 --> 01:22:37,729 The people welcome us and fears our power 443 01:22:41,068 --> 01:22:46,307 but here they all seem pagan. They are not afraid of anything. 444 01:22:46,403 --> 01:22:49,485 They ignore the laws of your Order. 445 01:22:49,570 --> 01:22:51,894 Sacred laws apply to all Christians. 446 01:22:53,906 --> 01:22:59,774 Should I... accept the Holy Cross? 447 01:23:03,825 --> 01:23:07,274 The two of us will be able to to attack the castle? 448 01:23:16,038 --> 01:23:19,321 I am helpless like you. 449 01:23:24,166 --> 01:23:27,118 Those two live like animals! 450 01:23:27,208 --> 01:23:31,452 Forgive them. Life will punish them. 451 01:23:38,129 --> 01:23:40,665 I could show mercy if they were pure of heart. 452 01:23:50,674 --> 01:23:56,922 My district was hit from plague and hunger. 453 01:24:00,594 --> 01:24:05,798 One man even ate some corpses and then he was hanged. 454 01:24:07,847 --> 01:24:13,348 The wife dug it up the body at night 455 01:24:14,057 --> 01:24:16,214 and he ate it together with their children. 456 01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:21,760 - She deserved to be hanged too. - And the children? 457 01:24:23,311 --> 01:24:26,973 - Them too. - But weren't they pure? 458 01:24:30,688 --> 01:24:32,892 There is no difference. 459 01:24:41,358 --> 01:24:44,772 Then it wouldn't stay no one alive. 460 01:24:46,568 --> 01:24:50,942 - Humanity would become extinct. - Let it happen. 461 01:24:55,405 --> 01:24:57,609 The angels will remain. 462 01:25:00,948 --> 01:25:03,069 No one has ever seen them... 463 01:25:07,199 --> 01:25:09,985 yet I feel the heartbeat of their wings. 464 01:25:15,202 --> 01:25:18,865 They are among us. 465 01:25:21,371 --> 01:25:23,446 It has to be like this. 466 01:25:26,540 --> 01:25:31,531 Or we would live in darkness like dogs and wolves. 467 01:25:37,293 --> 01:25:39,961 Foreign brother, you scare me. 468 01:25:45,046 --> 01:25:48,578 Because only the virtuous deserve of dying of hunger and thirst 469 01:25:51,006 --> 01:25:53,127 in their cells? 470 01:25:53,215 --> 01:25:55,705 Death leads to redemption 471 01:25:57,467 --> 01:25:59,837 starting from that solitude. 472 01:26:10,930 --> 01:26:14,296 I brought this sand since the Sacred Land. 473 01:26:18,223 --> 01:26:21,257 It is full of blood of my brothers. 474 01:26:22,933 --> 01:26:25,304 Why them?! 475 01:26:29,811 --> 01:26:35,845 The others are unfaithful that multiply like ants. 476 01:26:35,937 --> 01:26:38,261 They never end! 477 01:26:42,523 --> 01:26:47,396 I respect your long wanderings 478 01:26:48,942 --> 01:26:51,229 but now go home. 479 01:26:51,317 --> 01:26:53,439 When is the wedding? 480 01:26:53,526 --> 01:26:55,898 Return to your people. 481 01:26:58,487 --> 01:27:01,059 There you will find peace. 482 01:27:03,738 --> 01:27:06,488 At least you will remain pure. 483 01:27:15,201 --> 01:27:17,488 Bees are like people. 484 01:27:19,744 --> 01:27:23,110 They fear and warn the disaster. 485 01:27:27,330 --> 01:27:30,661 They can be destroyed their homes 486 01:27:30,748 --> 01:27:37,825 but they will build new ones in no time. 487 01:27:54,338 --> 01:27:56,496 Bring me the sword. 488 01:28:03,508 --> 01:28:05,583 What do you want? 489 01:28:15,054 --> 01:28:17,970 I came to say goodbye to you. 490 01:28:19,847 --> 01:28:22,763 So, goodbye... Brother. 491 01:28:26,350 --> 01:28:28,720 Close the gate when he crosses it. 492 01:28:30,351 --> 01:28:32,887 Don't chase anyone away. 493 01:28:36,894 --> 01:28:38,969 Ondřej... 494 01:28:45,106 --> 01:28:47,595 Vlkov Castle is open to anyone today. 495 01:28:50,607 --> 01:28:54,021 Come, don't stay there. 496 01:28:54,108 --> 01:28:56,184 No. 497 01:28:56,277 --> 01:28:59,560 I am Lenora, Ondřej's wife. 498 01:29:00,403 --> 01:29:02,477 I can't. 499 01:29:06,238 --> 01:29:08,394 Waits for me a challenging journey. 500 01:29:14,157 --> 01:29:16,860 Armin, you look tired. 501 01:29:18,158 --> 01:29:20,399 Stay a little longer. 502 01:29:22,159 --> 01:29:24,234 Come here to us. 503 01:29:34,039 --> 01:29:37,073 I have no wedding gifts. 504 01:29:42,083 --> 01:29:46,908 I knew you would come. I was waiting for you. 505 01:29:51,669 --> 01:29:54,159 Sir, you look pale to me. 506 01:29:56,338 --> 01:30:00,582 - Was it bad? - Yes, my lady. That's how it is. 507 01:30:02,882 --> 01:30:05,038 Drink, Armin. 508 01:30:08,550 --> 01:30:10,708 It's mead. 509 01:30:20,346 --> 01:30:23,463 - Is it bitter? - Thank you, my lady. 510 01:30:24,597 --> 01:30:27,929 You thanked her without looking at her. 511 01:30:29,516 --> 01:30:33,048 The members of the Order they can't look at women. 512 01:30:35,892 --> 01:30:38,049 It's a rule of the past. 513 01:30:44,604 --> 01:30:46,891 Armin, stay with us. 514 01:30:49,314 --> 01:30:52,017 You can rest. 515 01:30:52,106 --> 01:30:55,520 We'll go hunting together. You can have my dogs. 516 01:30:57,234 --> 01:30:59,604 I brought you something. 517 01:31:03,485 --> 01:31:05,725 Look, Lena. 518 01:31:12,113 --> 01:31:15,729 - What fine sand! - It comes from the beach... 519 01:31:17,573 --> 01:31:19,648 up north. 520 01:31:22,616 --> 01:31:24,773 Smile, Armin! 521 01:31:31,453 --> 01:31:33,942 And hug the bride! 522 01:31:37,288 --> 01:31:40,903 What are you waiting for? 523 01:31:42,540 --> 01:31:45,029 Everyone should kiss her today. 524 01:32:37,266 --> 01:32:40,798 My God, why did you abandon me? 525 01:34:21,759 --> 01:34:25,375 The bride... the bride! 526 01:34:27,219 --> 01:34:31,297 Oh, my God... Master! 527 01:34:31,388 --> 01:34:33,509 My lord! 528 01:34:39,098 --> 01:34:41,422 He cut her throat! 529 01:34:41,516 --> 01:34:44,302 Lady Lenora! 530 01:35:02,773 --> 01:35:05,856 Monster! 531 01:35:05,983 --> 01:35:08,602 - Antichrist! - Not here! 532 01:35:10,609 --> 01:35:13,774 - Take him to the courtyard! - Hold him still! 533 01:35:13,861 --> 01:35:17,986 Beat him like a dog! 534 01:36:00,126 --> 01:36:02,876 Kneel. 535 01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:07,121 - Ask for divine forgiveness. - I don't see anything. 536 01:36:07,211 --> 01:36:09,286 Close the gate! 537 01:36:10,295 --> 01:36:12,785 Look at the cross! 538 01:36:17,382 --> 01:36:20,831 Marquart, untie the dogs! 539 01:36:25,426 --> 01:36:28,793 Pray for your soul! 540 01:36:33,012 --> 01:36:35,679 Release the dogs! 541 01:36:53,060 --> 01:36:54,932 Go away, Ondřej! 542 01:36:57,144 --> 01:37:02,562 - Clear the yard! - Take my cloak. 543 01:37:06,273 --> 01:37:08,347 Ondřej, go away. 544 01:37:11,107 --> 01:37:13,680 You will be forgiven. 545 01:37:14,943 --> 01:37:17,017 Pray... 546 01:37:21,194 --> 01:37:23,351 Pray... 547 01:37:25,446 --> 01:37:27,520 for both. 548 01:37:28,446 --> 01:37:30,320 Release the dogs! 549 01:37:49,037 --> 01:37:51,242 Go away! 550 01:37:58,958 --> 01:38:01,281 Ondřej! 551 01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:15,000 Translation: JulesJT www.asianworld.it - The Other Cinema -