The Spirit of the Beehive

Plot

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.

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

Year

1973

Runtime

99 min

Director

Víctor Erice

Cast

Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Isabel Tellería, Laly Soldevila, Miguel Picazo, José Villasante, Juan Margallo, Estanis González, Ketty de la Cámara

TMDB rating

7.6 / 10

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