

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
Writer

Novel
Visual Effects
Still Photographer
Assistant Editor
Production Design
Camera Operator
Gaffer
Wardrobe Master
Hairstylist
Makeup Artist
Assistant Production Manager

Assistant Director
Assistant Director

Unit Production Manager
Assistant Set Decoration
Sound Engineer
Script Supervisor
Editor
Sound Effects
Assistant Camera
Producer

Music
Set Decoration
Production Assistant

Director of Photography
Sound Effects
Production Manager
Construction Coordinator
Wardrobe Master
Transportation Coordinator
Assistant Makeup Artist
Assistant Editor
Costume Design
Assistant Camera
Wardrobe Supervisor