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Criterion is proud to present Víctor Erice’s spellbinding The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena), widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970s. In a small Castilian village in 1940, in the wake of the country's devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes possessed by the memory of it. Produced as Franco’s long regime was nearing its end, The Spirit of the Beehive is a bewitching portrait of a child’s haunted inner life and one of the most visually arresting movies ever made.
Original Release
10/08/1973
US Release
10/08/1973
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fernando Fernán Gómez | Fernando |
Teresa Gimpera | Teresa |
Ana Torrent | Ana |
Isabel Tellería | Isabel |
Ketty de la Cámara | Milagros, la criada |
Estanis González | Guardia civil |
José Villasante | Frankenstein |
Juan Margallo | Fugitivo |
Laly Soldevila | Doña Lucía |
Miguel Picazo | Doctor / Médico |
Directors
Writers
Víctor Erice, Ángel Fernández Santos
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fernando Fernán Gómez | Fernando |
Teresa Gimpera | Teresa |
Ana Torrent | Ana |
Isabel Tellería | Isabel |
Ketty de la Cámara | Milagros, la criada |
Estanis González | Guardia civil |
José Villasante | Frankenstein |
Juan Margallo | Fugitivo |
Laly Soldevila | Doña Lucía |
Miguel Picazo | Doctor / Médico |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Elías Querejeta | Producer |