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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Drama Fantasy
Release Date: 1973, October 8
Directors: Víctor Erice
Countries: Spain
Production: Elías Querejeta PC, Jacel Desposito
Cast: Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Miguel Picazo, Teresa Gimpera, Laly Soldevila, Juan Margallo, Estanis González, Ketty de la Cámara, José Villasante, Isabel Tellería

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

spanish civil war (1936-39) beehive baby-snatching