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
Victoria Abril
Julita
Imanol Arias
Novio de Victorita
Francisco Rabal
Ricardo Sorbedo
Charo López
Nati Robles
Ana Belén
Victorita
Miguel Rellán
Cliente del prostíbulo
Concha Velasco
Purita
José Sacristán
Martín Marco López
María Luisa Ponte
Doña Rosa
José Luis López Vázquez
Leonardo Meléndez
Agustín González
Mario de la Vega
José Vivó
Prestamista
Mario Pardo
Rubio Antofagasta
Francisco Algora
Ramón Maello
Queta Claver
Doña Matilde
Manuel Zarzo
Consorcio López
Fiorella Faltoyano
Filo
Marta Fernández Muro
Amparito
Antonio Resines
Pepe 'El Astilla'
Luis Escobar
Don Ibrahim
Luis Barbero
Pepe
José Bódalo
Don Roque
Luis Ciges
Don Casimiro
Rafael Navarro
Jefe del edificio
Mary Carrillo
Doña Asunción
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Ventura Aguado
Alberto Fernández
Cosme
Rafael Alonso
Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'
Encarna Paso
Madre de Victorita
Beatriz Elorrieta
Prostituta
Rafael Hernández
Padilla
Ricardo Tundidor
Roberto González
Rosana Caskan
La Uruguaya
José «Saza» Sazatornil
Tesifonte Ovejero
Alfonso Godá
Juez
Elena María Tejeiro
Señorita Elvira
Emilio Fornet
Fotógrafo
Elvira Quintillá
Doña Visitación
José Ramón Pardo
Policía
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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