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The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro (Cronos) is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
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Product Details
Actors: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Irene Visedo
Directors: Guillermo del Toro
Format: Blu-ray, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: July 30, 2013
Run Time: 108 minutes
Cast & Crew
Marisa Paredes Carmen
Eduardo Noriega Jacinto
Federico Luppi Casares
Fernando Tielve
Inigo Garces Jaime
Irene Visedo
Berta Ojea
Technical Credits
Guillermo del Toro Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Agustín Almodóvar Executive Producer, Producer
Luis de la Madrid Editor
Jorge Hernandez Makeup
Cesar Macarron Art Director
Joaquin Manchado Camera Operator
Salva Mayolas Sound/Sound Designer
David Muñoz Screenwriter
Javier Navarrete Score Composer
Bertha Navarro Executive Producer, Producer
Guillermo Navarro Cinematographer
Miguel Rejas Sound/Sound Designer
Antonio Trashorras Screenwriter
José Vico Costumes/Costume Designer
Special Features
New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring Del Toro
Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010
New interviews with Del Toro about the process of creating the ghost Santi and the drawings and designs made in preparation for the film
¿Que es un fantasma?, a 2004 making-of documentary
Spanish Gothic, a 2010 interview with Del Toro about the genre and its influence on his work
Interactive director’s notebook, with Del Toro’s drawings and handwritten notes, along with interviews with the filmmaker.
Four deleted scenes, with optional commentary.
New featurette about the Spanish Civil War as evoked in the film.
Program comparing Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches and Carlos Giménez’s storyboards with the final film.
Selected on-screen presentation of Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches alongside the sections of the final film they represent (Blu-ray edition only).
Theatrical Trailer.
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Kermode
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