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.
Ana Belén
as Victorita
Concha Velasco
as Purita
Victoria Abril
as Julita
Francisco Rabal
as Ricardo Sorbedo
Mario Pardo
as Rubio Antofagasta
Fiorella Faltoyano
as Filo
José «Saza» Sazatornil
as Tesifonte Ovejero
José Luis López Vázquez
as Leonardo Meléndez
Mary Carrillo
as Doña Asunción
Charo López
as Nati Robles
Marta Fernández Muro
as Amparito
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
as Ventura Aguado
