The Devil’s Backbone

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Spanish film film gothic horror film

The Devil’s Backbone is a 2001 Spanish gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that blends ghost story elements with the trauma of the Spanish Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Devil's Backbone	2
The Devil’s Backbone (2001 film)	1
The Devil’s Backbone franchise	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish film ⓘ film ⓘ gothic horror film ⓘ
cinematographer	Guillermo Navarro ⓘ
composer	Javier Navarrete ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
criticalReception	positive ⓘ
director	Guillermo del Toro ⓘ
distributor	Warner Sogefilms ⓘ
editor	Luis de la Madrid ⓘ
filmingLocation	Spain ⓘ
followedBy	Pan’s Labyrinth ⓘ
follows	Cronos ⓘ
genre	ghost film ⓘ gothic film ⓘ horror film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ
hasGhost	Santi ⓘ
hasTheme	childhood and loss of innocence ⓘ memory and haunting ⓘ political violence ⓘ revenge ⓘ trauma of war ⓘ
mainCharacter	Carlos ⓘ Carmen ⓘ Dr. Casares ⓘ Jacinto ⓘ Santi ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Republican orphanage during Spanish Civil War ⓘ
narrativeLocation	orphanage ⓘ
notableFor	blend of ghost story and historical drama ⓘ politically charged horror narrative ⓘ use of gothic imagery ⓘ
originalLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Guillermo del Toro ⓘ surface form: Guillermo del Toro filmography
producer	Agustín Almodóvar ⓘ Guillermo del Toro ⓘ Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
productionCompany	El Deseo ⓘ Tequila Gang ⓘ
publicationDate	2001 ⓘ
releaseEvent	Venice Film Festival ⓘ surface form: 2001 Venice Film Festival
runtimeMinutes	106 ⓘ
screenwriter	Antonio Trashorras ⓘ David Muñoz ⓘ Guillermo del Toro ⓘ
setInPeriod	Spanish Civil War ⓘ

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Dr. Casares → appearsIn → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Jacinto → appearsIn → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Santi → appearsIn → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Antonio Trashorras → coWrote → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

David Muñoz → coWrote → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Guillermo del Toro → directed → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Devil's Backbone

Santi → firstAppearance → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Devil’s Backbone (2001 film)

Guillermo Navarro → knownFor → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Antonio Trashorras → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Bertha Navarro → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

David Muñoz → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Federico Luppi → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Guillermo Navarro → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Guillermo del Toro → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Devil's Backbone

David Muñoz → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

subject surface form: Guillermo del Toro

Luis de la Madrid → notableWork → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

Jacinto → partOf → The Devil’s Backbone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Devil’s Backbone franchise