

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.

Victorita

Purita

Julita

Ricardo Sorbedo

Rubio Antofagasta

Filo

Tesifonte Ovejero

Leonardo Meléndez

Doña Asunción

Nati Robles

Amparito

Ventura Aguado

Doña Visitación

Don Casimiro

Martín Marco López

Ramón Maello

Novio de Victorita

Mario de la Vega

Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'

Pepe 'El Astilla'

Doña Matilde

Doña Rosa

Consorcio López

Pepe

Matías Martí

Madre de Victorita

Don Roque

Prestamista

Prostituta

Señorita Elvira

Prostituta

Don Ibrahim

Padilla

Señor de luto

Roberto González

Prostituta

La Uruguaya

Cliente del prostíbulo

Prostituta

Cosme

Fotógrafo

Padre de Victorita

Juez



Policía


Jefe del edificio

Policía

Patrona


Cliente del prostíbulo





Policía



Narrador final (uncredited)

Director

Novel

Writer

Producer

Music

Director of Photography

Editor

Production Design

Set Decoration

Costume Design

Hairstylist

Assistant Makeup Artist

Makeup Artist

Production Manager

Unit Production Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Set Decoration

Construction Coordinator

Sound Effects

Sound Engineer

Sound Effects

Visual Effects

Camera Operator

Gaffer

Assistant Camera

Still Photographer

Assistant Camera

Wardrobe Master

Wardrobe Master

Wardrobe Supervisor

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Script Supervisor

Transportation Coordinator

Production Assistant