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One of the most personal films by Guillermo del Toro, The Devil’s Backbone is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish mélange that, like his later Pan’s Labyrinth, reminds us the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
Original Release
04/20/2001
US Release
11/21/2001
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marisa Paredes | Carmen |
Eduardo Noriega | Jacinto |
Federico Luppi | Dr. Casares |
Fernando Tielve | Carlos |
Íñigo Garcés | Jaime |
Irene Visedo | Conchita |
José Manuel Lorenzo | Marcelo |
Francisco Maestre | El Puerco / 'El Puerco' |
Junio Valverde | Santi |
Berta Ojea | Alma |
Directors
Writers
Guillermo Del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marisa Paredes | Carmen |
Eduardo Noriega | Jacinto |
Federico Luppi | Dr. Casares |
Fernando Tielve | Carlos |
Íñigo Garcés | Jaime |
Irene Visedo | Conchita |
José Manuel Lorenzo | Marcelo |
Francisco Maestre | El Puerco / 'El Puerco' |
Junio Valverde | Santi |
Berta Ojea | Alma |
Adrián Lamana | Gálvez |
Daniel Esparza | Marcos |
Miguel Ortiz | Domínguez |
Juan Carlos Vellido | Ayala |
Javier Bódalo | Búho / 'Búho' |
Víctor Elías | Orphan |
José Luis Torrijo | |
Álvaro Vega | |
Jonás Batuecas | |
Daniel Cuño |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Guillermo Del Toro | Executive Producer |
Pedro Almodovar | Executive Producer |
Agustín Almodóvar | Producer |
Rosa Bosch | Producer |
Bertha Navarro | Producer |
Michel Ruben | Producer |