The Spirit of the Beehive
Criterion Collection Edition #351
Directed by Víctor Erice • 1973 • Spain
Starring Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Criterion is proud to present Víctor Erice’s spellbinding THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (EL ESPÍRITU DE LA COLMENA), widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970s. In a small Castilian village in 1940, in the wake of the country’s devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes possessed by the memory of it. Produced as Franco’s long regime was nearing its end, THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE is a bewitching portrait of a child’s haunted inner life and one of the most visually arresting movies ever made.
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The Spirit of the Beehive
Directed by Víctor Erice • 1973 • Spain
Starring Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Fernando Fernán GómezCriterion is proud to present Víctor Erice’s spellbinding THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (EL ESPÍRITU DE LA COLMENA), widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970s. In a small Castilian vi...
Extras
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THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE Edition Intro
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Guillermo del Toro on THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
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THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE: A Child’s Point of View
Using the great Spanish film THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, by Victor Erice, professor Kristin Thompson shows how restricting us to a child's point of view can make the familiar seem strange and emphasize the horrors of war.
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The Footprints of a Spirit
This documentary on THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE includes interviews with director Víctor Erice, producer Elías Querejeta, coscreenwriter Ángel Fernández Santos, and actress Ana Torrent.
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Fernando Fernán Gómez on THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
This interview with actor Fernando Fernán Gómez was recorded in January 2006, in Madrid.
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Víctor Erice on THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
This interview with THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE director Víctor Erice was recorded in Madrid, at the Café Oriental, in 2000.
