The Spirit of the Beehive

El espíritu de la colmena

1973·99'

Víctor Erice

DramaFantasy

Spanish

Letterboxd TMDB #4495

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.

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