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.
as Victorita
as Purita
as Julita
as Ricardo Sorbedo
as Rubio Antofagasta
as Filo
as Tesifonte Ovejero
as Leonardo Meléndez
as Doña Asunción
as Nati Robles
as Amparito
as Ventura Aguado
as Doña Visitación
as Don Casimiro
as Martín Marco López
as Ramón Maello
as Novio de Victorita
as Mario de la Vega
as Julián Suárez 'La fotógrafa'
as Pepe 'El Astilla'
as Doña Matilde
as Doña Rosa
as Consorcio López
as Pepe
as Matías Martí
as Madre de Victorita
as Don Roque
as Prestamista
as Prostituta
as Señorita Elvira
as Prostituta
as Don Ibrahim
as Padilla
as Señor de luto
as Roberto González
as Prostituta
as La Uruguaya
as Cliente del prostíbulo
as Prostituta
as Cosme
as Fotógrafo
as Padre de Victorita
as Juez
as Policía
as Jefe del edificio
as Policía
as Patrona
as Cliente del prostíbulo
as Policía
as Narrador final (uncredited)
