The Devil's Backbone vs The Student of Prague
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.6/10 for The Student of Prague). The Devil's Backbone is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 13m. The Student of Prague is the older of the two (1926 against 2001). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Devil's Backbone
The Student of Prague| The Devil's Backbone | The Student of Prague | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 1926 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Horror |
| Country | Spain | – |
| Director | Guillermo del Toro | Henrik Galeen |
| Main cast | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve | Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta, Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten |
Synopsis
The Devil's Backbone
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.
The Student of Prague
For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...
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