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The Devil's Backbone

A young boy arrives in an isolated orphanage in Spain during the civil war of the 1930s and learns the story of Santi, a boy who has disappeared but is believed to haunt the orphanage.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

1 hour, 43 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Nov 201401:30
BBC Two

Credits

JacintoEduardo Noriega
CarmenMarisa Paredes
CasaresFederico Luppi
JaimeInigo Garces
CarlosFernando Tielve
ConchitaIrene Visedo
AlmaBerta Ojea
El PuercoFrancisco Maestre
MarceloJose Manuel Lorenzo
SantiJunio Valverde
DirectorGuillermo del Toro
ProducerPedro Almdóvar
ProducerGuillermo del Toro
WriterDavid Munoz
WriterGuillermo del Toro
WriterAntonio Trashorras

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Sep 200723:40
    BBC Four
  • Sun 4 Nov 201221:55
    BBC Four
  • Sat 1 Nov 201401:30
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire