Feature1973·98m·7.7

The Spirit of the Beehive

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In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

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Cast

Ana Torrent

Ana

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando

Teresa Gimpera

Teresa

Isabel Tellería

Isabel

Laly Soldevila

Doña Lucía

Miguel Picazo

Médico

José Villasante

Frankenstein

Juan Margallo

Fugitivo

Estanis González

Guardia civil

Ketty de la Cámara

Milagros, la criada

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Spanish
Languages
Spanish
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Elías Querejeta PCJacel Desposito

Crew

Director

Víctor Erice

Writers

Ángel Fernández Santos, Víctor Erice

Luis de Pablo

Original Music Composer

Luis Cuadrado

Director of Photography

Pablo G. del Amo

Editor

Peris

Costume Design

Adolfo Cofiño

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

Andres Gomez

10/11/2014

8.0

Good movie about children's world and believes with magnificent Fernando Fernán Gómez and really good performance from Ana Torrent. The script is *really* good and depicts pretty well a stage in Spanish countryside life after the civil war. A must to be seen.

Salim Martínez

5/27/2026

7.0

Me enamoré de esta película. Tan profunda, tan tierna y vivaz. Quizá porque apela a esa ingenua imaginación que todos tuvimos alguna vez. Esa imaginación que nos permitía ir más allá, ser realmente libres y escapar de la colmena en la que vivíamos. ¿Dónde quedaron aquellos dulces momentos? Probablemente no volverán, pero conviene recordar que un espíritu no puede morir. Que TU espíritu no puede morir. _Si eres su amigo, puedes hablar con él cuando quieras. Solo cierra los ojos y llámalo..._ **Muera el franquismo y toda forma de fascismo.** I fell in love with this film. So profound, so tender and full of life. Perhaps because it speaks to that naïve imagination we all once had. That imagination that allowed us to go beyond, to be truly free, and to escape the hive we lived in. Where did those sweet moments go? They will probably never return, but it is worth remembering that a spirit cannot die. That YOUR spirit cannot die. _If you are its friend, you can speak to it whenever you wish. Just close your eyes and call for it..._ **Death to francoism and every form of fascism.**