The Spirit Of The Beehive Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 93 mins
- Year produced:
- 1973
- Director:
- Victor Erice
- Cast:
- Ana Torrent
- Isabel Telleria
- Teresa Gimpera
Isabel and Ana are two young sisters growing up in a rural village in 1940s Spain, then under the rule of fascist leader Franco. When a travelling projectionist shows the film Frankenstein in their village hall, Ana is traumatised by it. Her big sister tells her scary stories about the monster, and a spirit that lives in an abandoned farm nearby. But when Ana goes looking for it, she instead discovers a fugitive soldier - and decides that he, like the monster, needs help. The Spirit of the Beehive is a wonderfully evocative portrait of childhood innocence and obsession.
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Fascinating facts
The Spirit of the Beehive director Victor Erice has only made three films in his career, even though he started working as a director in the 1960s.