The Spirit of the Beehive

Directed by Víctor Erice

Written by Ángel Fernández Santos, Víctor Erice

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

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Isabel Tellería

Isabel

Laly Soldevila

Doña Lucía

Miguel Picazo

Médico

José Villasante

Frankenstein

Juan Margallo

Fugitivo

Estanis González

Guardia civil

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Ketty de la Cámara

Milagros, la criada