The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive
1973
★★★★☆ 7.6/10
⏱️ 98 min
📅 Released
🌐 ES
DramaFantasy
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

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Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando
Teresa Gimpera
Teresa Gimpera
Teresa
Ana Torrent
Ana Torrent
Ana
Isabel Tellería
Isabel Tellería
Isabel
Laly Soldevila
Laly Soldevila
Doña Lucía
Miguel Picazo
Miguel Picazo
Médico

User Reviews

Andres Gomez
★ 8/10
October 11, 2014
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.

Crew

Director
Víctor Erice
Writer
Ángel Fernández Santos, Francisco J. Querejeta
Producer
Elías Querejeta

Production

Elías Querejeta PC, Jacel Desposito

Keywords

beehivebaby-snatchingspanish civil war (1936-39)