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The Spirit of the Beehive

1973·98 min

The Spirit of the Beehive

Directed by Víctor Erice

DramaFantasy

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.

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Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando

Teresa

Ana

Isabel Tellería

Isabel

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Elías Querejeta

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Ángel Fernández Santos

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What is The Spirit of the Beehive about?

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) is about 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.

Who directed The Spirit of the Beehive?

Víctor Erice directed The Spirit of the Beehive (1973).

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