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
Concha Velasco
Victoria Abril
Francisco Rabal
Mario Pardo
Fiorella Faltoyano
José «Saza» 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
Luis Barbero
Camilo José Cela
Encarna Paso
José Bódalo
José Vivó
Esperanza Alonso
Elena María Tejeiro
Mari Carmen Alvarado
Luis Escobar
Rafael Hernández
Antonio Mingote
Ricardo Tundidor
Pilar Barrera
Rosana Caskan
José Antonio Correa
Beatriz Elorrieta
Alberto Fernández
Emilio Fornet
Raúl Fraire
Alfonso Godá
Pilar Jaime
Anna Larreta
Fabián López Tapia
Julia Lorente
Rafael Navarro
José Ramón Pardo
Concha Rabal
Maruja Recio
Miguel Rellán
Luisa Rodrigo
María Rus
Óscar San Juan
Ana María Ventura
Fernando Vivanco
Marina Andina
Rafael Fernández
Teófilo Martínez