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