Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
Mario Camus
Written by
José Luis Dibildos
Luis Ciges
Don Casimiro
Luis Barbero
Pepe
José Luis López Vázquez
Leonardo Meléndez
Rafael Hernández
Padilla
Mario Pardo
Rubio Antofagasta
Francisco Algora
Ramón Maello
Luis Escobar
Don Ibrahim
Victoria Abril
Julita
José Sacristán
Martín Marco López
Encarna Paso
Madre de Victorita
Emilio Fornet
Fotógrafo
Charo López
Nati Robles
Elvira Quintillá
Doña Visitación
Francisco Rabal
Ricardo Sorbedo
José Bódalo
Don Roque
Ana Belén
Victorita
Manuel Zarzo
Consorcio López
Queta Claver
Doña Matilde
Agustín González
Mario de la Vega
Miguel Rellán
Cliente del prostíbulo
Antonio Resines
Pepe 'El Astilla'
Imanol Arias
Novio de Victorita
Concha Velasco
Purita
Marta Fernández Muro
Amparito
José Vivó
Prestamista
Mary Carrillo
Doña Asunción
Fiorella Faltoyano
Filo
María Luisa Ponte
Doña Rosa
José «Saza» Sazatornil
Tesifonte Ovejero
Rafael Alonso
Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'
Alfonso Godá
Juez
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Ventura Aguado
Rafael Navarro
Jefe del edificio
Alberto Fernández
Cosme
Elena María Tejeiro
Señorita Elvira
Beatriz Elorrieta
Prostituta
Rosana Caskan
La Uruguaya
José Ramón Pardo
Policía
Ricardo Tundidor
Roberto González
Esperanza Alonso
Prostituta
Mari Carmen Alvarado
Prostituta
Pilar Barrera
Prostituta
José Antonio Correa
Cliente del prostíbulo
Raúl Fraire
Padre de Victorita
Pilar Jaime
Anna Larreta
Fabián López Tapia
Policía
Julia Lorente
Concha Rabal
Patrona
Maruja Recio
Luisa Rodrigo
María Rus
Óscar San Juan
Ana María Ventura
Fernando Vivanco
Policía
Marina Andina
Rafael Fernández
Teófilo Martínez
Narrador final (uncredited)

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