The Devil's Backbone
What is a ghost?
Production
Budget
$4 500 000
Box office
$6 582 065
Director
Actors
Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo, José Manuel Lorenzo, Francisco Maestre, Junio Valverde, Berta Ojea
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Agustín Almodóvar, Bertha Navarro
Camera operator
Composer
Javier Navarrete
Artist
César Macarrón
Audition
Sara Bilbatúa
Editing
Luis de la Madrid
Whole Team (30)
Whole Team (30)
Short description
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
What's left behind the scenes
- Guillermo del Toro wrote the screenplay while still in college.
- The plot was based on the popular comic book series "Paracuellos" by Spanish artist Carlos Giménez.
- The design of the ghost Santi was inspired by the pale-faced ghosts from Japanese horror films like "The Ring".
- The final shot of the film is a reference to the famous final shot of the classic Western "The Searchers" (1956).
- The plot was based on the popular comic book series by Spanish artist Carlos Giménez, "Paraquelos".
- The design of the ghost Santi was inspired by the pale-faced ghosts from Japanese horror films like "The Ring".
- The final shot of the film is a reference to the famous final shot of the classic Western "The Searchers" (1956).
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