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El espíritu de la colmena (1973)
Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1973
Running Times: 97 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Director: Victor Erice
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas
S.L.
Producer: Elías Querejeta (uncredited)
Assistant Producer: Pedro Esteban Samú
Production Manager: Primitivo Álvaro
SCRIPT
Script: Víctor Erice, Ángel Fernández Santos, Francisco
J. Querejeta (uncredited)
Story: Ángel Fernández Santos, Victor Erice
DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: José Luis Ruiz Marcos
2nd Assistant Director: Francisco J. Lucio
Script Supervisor: Francisco J. Querejeta
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Luís Cuadrado
Camera Operators: Estanis González, José Villasante, Juan
Francisco Margallo (all uncredited)
2nd Camera Operator: Teodoro Escamilla
1st Assistant Camera: Santiago Zuazo
2nd Assistant Camera: José M. de Nicolas
Stills: Laureano López
Labs: Madrid Films S.A.
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Pablo G. del Amo
1st Assistant Editor: José Salcedo
2nd Assistant Editor: Juan San Mateo
MUSIC
Music: Luís de Pablo
SOUND
Sound Director: Luis Rodríguez
Sound Effects: Luís Castro, Sire (real name: Jean Michel Sire)
Sound Recording: Exa Madrid S.A.
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Ramón de Diego
Assistant Make Up: Ángel Luis De Diego
Costume Designer: Peris Hermanos
Wardrobe: Angelines Castro
VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designers: Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, María Tellería,
Alicia Tellería
Titles: Pablo Núñez for S Film
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Jaime Chávarri (uncredited)
Set Designer: Adolfo Cofiño
OTHER CREW
Stage Manager: Fernando Hermosa
LOCATIONS
Locations: Hoyuelos, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain; Parla,
Madrid, Spain
CAST
Fernando Fernán Gómez (Fernando)
Teresa Gimpera (Teresa)
Ana Torrent (Ana)
Isabel Tellería (Isabel)
Ketty de la Cámara)
Estanis González
José Villasante (the Frankenstein monster)
Juan Francisco Margallo (the fugitive)
Laly Soldevila (Milagros/Lucia)
Miguel Picazo (the doctor)
PLOT SUMMARY
A travelling cinema visits a remote Castile community in the 1940s,
bringing with it a print of James Whales' Frankenstein (1931).
The film has a profound effect on two young sisters, Isabel and Ana,
who believe that the monster is real and set out to find him. And in
a nearby barn, they think they've done just that...
CAPSULE REVIEW
One of Spanish cinema's finest achievements, this is a profound and
deeply moving film that gave director Víctor Erice a well deserved
international hit. Beautifully lit, sensitively acted and shot through
with subtle political sub-texts it's a film that works on so many levels
that it demands repeated viewings. It deserves to be far better known
than it is.
AVAILABILITY
Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Bocaccio Distribución S.A.; C.B. Films
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Contemporary Films Ltd (1974); Optimum Releasing
(2003)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Janus Films (1976)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: AA (1974); PG (2003)
USA
Rating: unrated
AWARDS
1973
San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain
Golden Seashell (Víctor Erice) - winner
TIMELINE
1973
October
8: Spain – theatrical release
1975
December
1: Sweden – television broadcast
1997
January
24: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre
2003
September
19: UK – theatrical re-release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Bikupans anda - Swedish title
Espírito da Colmeia, O - Portugese title
Esprit de la ruche, L'- French title
Mehiläispesän henki - Finnish title
Spirit of the Beehive, The - UK/US title
Spirito dell'alveare, Lo - Italian title
LINKS
INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Frankenstein (1931)
REFERENCES
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
barns, children, Frankenstein
Last Updated:
22 February, 2009
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