The Beehive
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As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
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Ana Belén
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Tesifonte Ovejero
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José Luis López Vázquez
Leonardo Meléndez
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Mary Carrillo
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Charo López
Nati Robles
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Mario Camus Director · José Luis Dibildos Writer Camilo José Cela Author
First release October 11, 1982 · Produced in Spain · Production TVE, Televisión Española
Production
Ágata Films
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TVE
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Televisión Española
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Spain
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Original title
La colmena
Original language
Spanish
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Spanish
Release dates
Spain · October 11, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
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