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.
Elenco: Ana Belén , Concha Velasco , Victoria Abril , Francisco Rabal , Mario Pardo , Fiorella Faltoyano , José Sazatornil , José Luis López Vázquez , Mary Carrillo , Charo López , Marta Fernández Muro , Emilio Gutiérrez Caba , Elvira Quintillá , Luis Ciges , José Sacristán , Francisco Algora , Imanol Arias , Agustín González , Rafael Alonso , Antonio Resines , Queta Claver , María Luisa Ponte , Manuel Zarzo , José José , Luis Barbero , Camilo José Cela , Encarna Paso , José Bódalo .