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Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

The children are fantastic. Ana Torrent carries the film so beautifully. 'The Spirit of the Beehive' is a movie where much seems to be going on underneath the surface but on my first-time watch I was completely engrossed with (and fully ...

3 years ago
Critic David Parkinson
rated 10

...Victor Erice's masterly discourse on juvenile psychology is an elliptical, lyrical exploration of myth, misunderstanding, deception and illusion that defies precise interpretation.

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Michael Thomsen
rated 10

Den spanske klassiker der inspirerede Guillermo Del Toro's "Pans Labyrinth"... noget mere obskur og arty end Pan, men stadig poetisk og hypnotisk. Plus den var nødt til at være lidt obskur i sin tematik, da den kritiserede Franco&#x...

1 year ago

Cast & Crew

Víctor Erice
Director
Teresa Gimpera
As Teresa
José Villasante
As Frankenstein
Laly Soldevila
As Doña Lucía
Ana Torrent
As Ana
Juan Margallo
As Fugitivo

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What is The Spirit of the Beehive about? Toggle content

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl named Ana becomes obsessed with the movie Frankenstein and drifts into her own fantasy world after watching it. She believes that the monster is not dead and exists as a spirit, and she sets out to find him. Along the way, she discovers a wounded republican soldier hiding in a sheepfold and helps him, but he is eventually killed by the Francoist police. Ana's family and the villagers search for her, but she is found safe and sound, though she withdraws from her family and continues to call out to the monster's spirit.

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What movies are similar to The Spirit of the Beehive? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Spirit of the Beehive include Miracle on 34th Street, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, Belladonna of Sadness, The Magus, Jubilee, Fruit of Paradise.

When was The Spirit of the Beehive released in theaters? Toggle content

The Spirit of the Beehive was released in theaters on October 8, 1973.