---
title: 'The Beekeeper (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thodoros Angelopoulos'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Greece'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-beekeeper-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091506/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Beekeeper (1986)

1986 · 122 min · Drama · France, Greece, Italy

Original title: Ο μελισσοκόμος

## Synopsis

The Beekeeper is a 1986 Greek drama art film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. The film is the second installment in Angelopoulos's "trilogy of silence", preceded by Voyage to Cythera and followed by Landscape in the Mist. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman hailed The Beekeeper as a "masterpiece".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/thodoros-angelopoulos)
- **Screenplay:** [Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/thodoros-angelopoulos), [Tonino Guerra](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-guerra), [Dimitris Nollas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitris-nollas)
- **Producer:** [Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/thodoros-angelopoulos), [Giuseppe Colombo](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-colombo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eleni Karaindrou](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleni-karaindrou)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giorgos Arvanitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgos-arvanitis)

## Cast

- [Dimitris Poulikakos](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitris-poulikakos)
- [Dinos Iliopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/dinos-iliopoulos)
- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-mastroianni)
- [Serge Reggiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-reggiani)
- [Vasia Panagopoulou](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasia-panagopoulou)
- [Michalis Giannatos](https://cinepixo.com/people/michalis-giannatos)
- [Nikos Kouros](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikos-kouros)
- [Athinodoros Prousalis](https://cinepixo.com/people/athinodoros-prousalis)
- [Jenny Roussea](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-roussea)
- [Karyofyllia Karambeti](https://cinepixo.com/people/karyofyllia-karambeti)
- [Christoforos Nezer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoforos-nezer)

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