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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

★ 7.6/10 98 min Drama, Fantasy Spain Spanish
Director: Víctor Erice
Screenplay by: Ángel Fernández Santos
Writer: Víctor Erice
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Description

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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Top Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando
Teresa Gimpera
Teresa Gimpera Teresa
Ana Torrent
Ana Torrent Ana
Isabel Tellería Isabel
Laly Soldevila
Laly Soldevila Doña Lucía
Miguel Picazo
Miguel Picazo Médico
José Villasante
José Villasante Frankenstein
Juan Margallo
Juan Margallo Fugitivo

The Spirit of the Beehive Appears on 15 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #431
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #349
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #726
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #87

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #27
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #308
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #61
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #80
The Guardians 25 Best Arthouse Films Of All Time
The Guardian #25

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #486
Hayao Miyazaki's Favorite Movies
Far Out Magazine #07
Park Chan Wook's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #01
The Films That Inspired David Bowie
British Film Institute #13

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #99

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1970-1979 Films
Letterboxd #53

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