The Spirit of the Beehive

Movie

1973

1h 39m

Not Rated

Spanish

Drama, Fantasy

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7.7

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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 inha...

The Spirit of the Beehive

Not Rated

Movie

1973

1h 39m

Spanish

Drama, Fantasy

Watch on The Criterion Channel

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7.7

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Cast

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Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando

Teresa

Ana

Isabel

Doña Lucía

Médico

Frankenstein

Fugitivo

Guardia civil

Milagros, la criada

Directed By: Víctor Erice

Written By: Francisco J. Querejeta (Screenplay), Ángel Fernández Santos (Screenplay)

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

3 months ago

Film of images and symbols of innocence.

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MANICAL says...

10 months ago

I'm dumbfounded right now. Best film I've seen in months. Magical realism through instinctual wonder but the undercurrent of the golden colmena that is your life remains whenever you return home.

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alexandredemi7 says...

one year ago

Slowest movie I've ever seen. Not really a problem if I like what's on the screen, but I found it rather messy.

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Maarten Delfgou says...

3 years ago

The original title of the film is El espíritu de la colmena.

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Featured User Reviews

smallclone

7/10 5 years ago

Absolutely beautiful film. It depicts the lives of 2 sisters in Spain during the end of the Spanish Civil War. They watch the movie Frankenstein, amble about in the rural countryside, make up fantasy stories and trick each other. In that sense it's a coming of age movie but also one about socio- More

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Andres Gomez

6 years ago

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.

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