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The Devil's Backbone (2001)
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Guillermo del Toro Director

previously directed Mimic

After being sent to an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War, a young boy is haunted by a ghost and told that many of the others will die. As the troops approach, and with an unexploded bomb sitting in the courtyard, it seems likely to come true.

Writers
	Guillermo del Toro
	Antonio Trashorras
	David Muñoz

Cast
	Eduardo Noriega	Jacinto
	Marisa Paredes	Carmen
	Federico Luppi	Doctor Cesares
	Fernando Tielve	Carlos
	Inigo Garces	Jaime
	Irene Visedo	Conchita
	Junio Valverde	Santi
	Jose Manuel Lorenzo	Marcelo
	Berta Ojea	Alma
	Adrián Lamana	Galvez

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General Information Edit

Name	The Devil's Backbone
US Release	Sept. 2, 2001
UK Release	Nov. 30, 2001
AUS Release	May 2, 2002
Runtime	108
Language(s)	Add a new language Spanish
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Horror Mystery Fantasy Thriller
Theme(s)	Add a new theme coming of age fantasy haunting civil war
Rating	R
Alias(es)	El espinazo del diablo