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The Spirit of the Beehive

1975·1h 38m·Not Rated
DramaFantasy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.7/10
22,729 votes
Metascore
87
Metacritic

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.

The Spirit of the Beehive is a 1975 drama fantasy movie directed by Víctor Erice, starring Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 22,729 votes and runs 1h 38m.

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Director
Víctor Erice
Stars
Ana Torrent
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Teresa Gimpera
Isabel Tellería
Details
1975-03-14
98 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Spain
★ Spanish
Keywords
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