The Beehive

Overview

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.

Directed by Mario Camus

Top cast

Ana Belén

Victorita

Concha Velasco

Purita

Victoria Abril

Julita

Francisco Rabal

Ricardo Sorbedo

Mario Pardo

Rubio Antofagasta

Fiorella Faltoyano

Filo

José «Saza» Sazatornil

Tesifonte Ovejero

José Luis López Vázquez

Leonardo Meléndez

Mary Carrillo

Doña Asunción

Charo López

Nati Robles

Marta Fernández Muro

Amparito

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Ventura Aguado

Elvira Quintillá

Doña Visitación

Luis Ciges

Don Casimiro

José Sacristán

Martín Marco López

Francisco Algora

Ramón Maello

Imanol Arias

Novio de Victorita

Agustín González

Mario de la Vega

Rafael Alonso

Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'

Antonio Resines

Pepe 'El Astilla'

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