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