The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando

Teresa Gimpera
Teresa

Ana Torrent
Ana

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

Adolfo Cofiño
Set Decoration

Ángel Fernández Santos
Screenplay

Víctor Erice
Director

Elías Querejeta
Producer

Jaime Chávarri
Art Direction

Pablo G. del Amo
Editor

Francisco J. Querejeta
Screenplay

Luis Cuadrado
Director of Photography

Luis de Pablo
Original Music Composer

Ramón de Diego
Makeup Artist

Peris
Costume Design

Jean-Michel Sire
Sound Effects

Luis Castro
Sound Effects

Pablo Núñez
Visual Effects
Media.

















Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1973
Original NameEl espíritu de la colmena
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Filming LocationsMadrid, Spain
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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The Spirit of the Beehive (Spanish: El espíritu de la colmena) is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed and co-written by Víctor Erice. The film was Erice's feature directorial debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema. The film, set in a small town in post-Civil War Spain, focuses on a young girl named Ana. It traces family and school dynamics, her fascination with the 1931 American horror film Frankenstein, her exploration of a haunted home and landscape, making subtle references towards the dark, contentious politics of the time.
Many have noted the symbolism present throughout the film, used both as an artistic device and as a way to avoid censorship under the repressive Franco regime. While censors were alarmed by some of the film's suggestive content about the authoritarian government, they allowed it to be released in Spain based on its success abroad, under the assumption that most of the public would have no real interest in seeing "a slow-paced, thinly-plotted and 'arty' picture."
The film has been called a "bewitching portrait of a child's haunted inner life".
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