The Beehive

The Beehive

112 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 11, 1982

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.

The Beehive

112 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 11, 1982

The Beehive
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers TVE, Ágata Films S.A.
Original title La colmena
Directors Amaya Echevarría, Marisa Ibarra, Benito Rabal, Mario Camus
Writers Camilo José Cela, José Luis Dibildos

Cast

Ana Belén

as Victorita

Concha Velasco

as Purita

Victoria Abril

as Julita

Francisco Rabal

as Ricardo Sorbedo

Mario Pardo

as Rubio Antofagasta

José 'Saza' Sazatornil

as Tesifonte Ovejero

José Luis López Vázquez

as Leonardo Meléndez

Mary Carrillo

as Doña Asunción

Charo López

as Nati Robles

Marta Fernández Muro

as Amparito

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

as Ventura Aguado

Elvira Quintillá

as Doña Visitación

Luis Ciges

as Don Casimiro

José Sacristán

as Martín Marco López

Francisco Algora

as Ramón Maello

Imanol Arias

as Novio de Victorita

Agustín González

as Mario de la Vega

Rafael Alonso

as Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'

Antonio Resines

as Pepe 'El Astilla'

Queta Claver

as Doña Matilde

María Luisa Ponte

as Doña Rosa

Manuel Zarzo

as Consorcio López

Luis Barbero

as Pepe

Camilo José Cela

as Matías Martí

Encarna Paso

as Madre de Victorita

José Bódalo

as Don Roque

José Vivó

as Prestamista

Esperanza Alonso

as Prostituta

Elena María Tejeiro

as Señorita Elvira

Mari Carmen Alvarado

as Prostituta

Luis Escobar

as Don Ibrahim

Rafael Hernández

as Padilla

Antonio Mingote

as Señor de luto

Ricardo Tundidor

as Roberto González

Pilar Barrera

as Prostituta

Rosana Caskan

as La Uruguaya

José Antonio Correa

as Cliente del prostíbulo

Beatriz Elorrieta

as Prostituta

Emilio Fornet

as Fotógrafo

Raúl Fraire

as Padre de Victorita

Alfonso Godá

as Juez

Fabián López Tapia

as Policía

Rafael Navarro

as Jefe del edificio

José Ramón Pardo

as Policía

Concha Rabal

as Patrona

Miguel Rellán

as Cliente del prostíbulo

Fernando Vivanco

as Policía

Teófilo Martínez

as Narrador final (uncredited)