The Spirit of the Beehive

Synopsis

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.

Director

Víctor Erice

Written by

Ángel Fernández Santos

Music

Luis de Pablo

Studio

Elías Querejeta PC

Released

8 October 1973

Genres

Drama, Fantasy