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Film International: The Spirit of the Beehive

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A season of some of the latest and best feature films from around the world tonight presents Victor Erice 's award-winning picture of the fantasy world of children, with an outstanding performance by eight-year-old Ana Torrent.
Spain, 1940. A travelling cinema show brings James Whale 's Frank enstein to a remote Castilian village. Two little girls are fascinated by the film and Ana, the younger, decides that she, too, will create a monster, but by force of will.
A work of true poetic imagination
A very fine film this is a must
(DAILY MAIL)
I beg you to see it (GUARDIAN)
Director VICTOR ERICE. Films: page 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Erice
Unknown:
James Whale
Unknown:
Frank Enstein
Director:
Victor Erice.
Ana:
Ana Torrent
Isabel:
Isabel Telleria
their father:
Fernando Fernan Gomez
their mother:
Teresa Gimpera
Frankenstein's monster:
Jose Villasante
Milagros:
Laly Soldevilla
The fugitive:
Juan Margallo
The doctor:
Miguel Picazo
Source: Radio Times

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