The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
1h 37m | PG-13
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.
Director: Víctor Erice
Studio: Elías Querejeta PC
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Video: 720p
Cast
Fernando Fernán Gómez
as Fernando
Teresa Gimpera
as Teresa
Ana Torrent
as Ana
Isabel Tellería
as Isabel
Laly Soldevila
as Doña Lucía
Miguel Picazo
as Médico
Reviews
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.