- HD 1080
- Runtime: 108m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: es
- Country: Mexico, Spain
- Director: Guillermo del Toro
- Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés
- keywords: spain, orphanage, spanish civil war (1936-39), gothic horror, ghost, political repression, 1930s, isolated place, supernatural being, ghost child
- Production_studio: Producciones Anhelo, Canal+ España, Tequila Gang, Sogepaq, El Deseo
- Slogan: What is a ghost?
- The The Devil's Backbone is featured in the top rankings of 2001
- #29 in Top Drama Movies of 2001
- #6 in Top Fantasy Movies of 2001
- #7 in Top Thriller Movies of 2001
- #7 in Top Horror Movies of 2001
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.