The Beehive (1982)

6.4/10 • 112 min • Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Ana Belén

Concha Velasco

Victoria Abril

Francisco Rabal

Ricardo Sorbedo

Mario Pardo

Rubio Antofagasta

Fiorella Faltoyano

José «Saza» Sazatornil

Tesifonte Ovejero

José Luis López Vázquez

Leonardo Meléndez

Mary Carrillo

Doña Asunción

Charo López

Marta Fernández Muro

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Elvira Quintillá

Doña Visitación

Luis Ciges

José Sacristán

Martín Marco López

Francisco Algora

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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