The Spirit of the Beehive

    The Spirit of the Beehive
    1973

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Fernando Fernán GómezFernando
    • Teresa GimperaTeresa
    • Ana TorrentAna
    • Isabel TelleríaIsabel
    • Laly SoldevilaDoña Lucía
    • Miguel PicazoMédico
    • José VillasanteFrankenstein
    • Juan MargalloFugitivo
    • Estanis GonzálezGuardia civil
    • Ketty de la CámaraMilagros, la criada

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