Directed by:
Guillermo del ToroCinematography:
Guillermo NavarroComposer:
Javier NavarreteCast:
Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Irene Visedo, Junio Valverde, Miguel Ortiz, Javier Bódalo, Berta Ojea, Fernando Tielve, Andreas Muñoz (more)VOD (3)
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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. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Eduardo Noriega](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271326_6ee698.jpg)
Eduardo Noriega
Spain
Best movies:
The Method (2005)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Thesis (1996)
![Marisa Paredes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/552/163552952_56af44.png)
Marisa Paredes
Spain
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
All About My Mother (1999)
Talk to Her (2002)
![Federico Luppi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270519_081ba3.jpg)
Federico Luppi
Argentina
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Men with Guns (1997)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
![Irene Visedo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271330_ef1d82.jpg)
Irene Visedo
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
The Path (2012)
Junio Valverde
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Shiver (2008)
Chef's Special (2008)
Miguel Ortiz
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Fat People (2009)
![Javier Bódalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656128_48d96e.jpg)
Javier Bódalo
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Cowards (2008)
Berta Ojea
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
![Fernando Tielve](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/591/160591795_3715f6.jpg)
Fernando Tielve
Spain
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
El internado (2007) (series) - actor, a.f.
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Andreas Muñoz
Spain
Best movies:
Volando voy (2006)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Ignacio de Loyola (2016)
José Luis Torrijo
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Francisco Maestre
Spain
Best movies:
Freedomfighters (1996)
Bad Education (2004)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Adrián Lamana
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Prince Killian and the Holy Grail (2011)
Christopher Downs
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Víctor Elías
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
![Juan Carlos Vellido](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/613/168613574_feft16.jpg)
Juan Carlos Vellido
Spain
Best movies:
Salvador (2006)
Twice Born (2012)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
José Manuel Lorenzo
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Gitano (2000)
No News From God (2001)
Íñigo Garcés
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Daniel Esparza
Spain
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Álvaro Vega
Best movies:
The Devil's Backbone (2001)