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In a film set during this conflict, a man attempting to steal gold that is being used to fund one side of this conflict accidentally injures a small child and dumps him in a cistern to die. An unexploded bomb from this conflict sits in the middle of the courtyard at an orphanage (15[1])that serves as the primary setting of that film. A film set during this conflict ends with a young girl meeting her mother and father, who sit on thrones (*) elevated extremely high off the ground and congratulate her for not spilling the blood of an innocent. That film set during this conflict includes a scene where Captain Vidal brutally kills a man by smashing his face with a bottle, as well as an encounter between the young Ofelia and the monstrous Pale Man. For 10 points, name this 20th century conflict that Guillermo del Toro used as the backdrop for his dark fantasy films The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth. ■END■

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