In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Cast
Crew
Ana Torrent
Title Illustration
Isabel Tellería
Title Illustration
Víctor Erice
Director, Writer
Ángel Fernández Santos
Screenplay
Pablo G. del Amo
Editor
José Salcedo
Assistant Editor
Juan Ignacio San Mateo
Additional Editing
Luis Cuadrado
Director of Photography
José Luis Ruiz Marcos
First Assistant Director
Paco Lucio
Assistant Director
Elías Querejeta
Producer
Adolfo Cofiño
Production Design
Teo Escamilla
Camera Operator
José M. de Nicolás
Assistant Camera
Santiago Zuazo
First Assistant Camera
Peris
Costume Design
Ángel Luis de Diego
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ramón de Diego
Makeup Artist
Luis Castro
Sound Effects, Foley
Jean-Michel Sire
Sound Effects
Luis Rodríguez
Sound Recordist
Pablo Núñez
Visual Effects, Title Designer
Luis de Pablo
Original Music Composer
Laureano López
Still Photographer
Francisco J. Querejeta
Script Supervisor
Fernando Hermoso
Property Master
Primitivo Álvaro
Unit Production Manager
Angelines Castro
Seamstress
Pedro Esteban Samu Adam
Key Production Assistant
Jaime Chávarri
Art Direction
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