"Pain is their medicine"

2012

1h 45m

6.2(179 votes)

Drama

Horror

Thriller

Overview

While searching for a solution to his serious health condition, David, a renowned neurosurgeon, discovers a sinister secret hidden in the past.

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42 members

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Àlex Brendemühl

David

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Tómas Lemarquis

Berkano

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Ilias Stothart

Child Benigno

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Mot Stothart

Young Benigno

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Derek de Lint

Professor Holzmann

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Ramon Fontserè

Dr. Carcedo

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Sílvia Bel

Judith

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Bea Segura

Magdalena

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Liah O'Prey

Young Inés

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Bruna Montoto

Child Inés

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Àngels Poch

Clara Martel

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Ariadna Cabrol

María

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Joan Carreras

Captain Torrenegra

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Juan Diego

Adán Martel

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Félix Gómez

Young Adán

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Irene Montalà

Anaïs

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Alicia Pérez

Benigno's Mother

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Bernd-Uwe Reppenhagen

Hauptmann Hoth

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Lluís Soler

Iván Barkos

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Genís Hernàndez

José Barkos (voice)

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Joan Frank Charansonnet

Father Aymerich

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Xicu Masó

Mayor

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Jaume Ulled

Teacher

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Anna Alarcón

Monsalvat

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Aina Román

Beatriz

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Francesca Piñón

Veteran Nurse

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Stefan Rudolf

SD Officer

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Thomas Sauerteig

SD Subofficer

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Pierre Livet

French Prisoner

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Richard Felix

British Prisoner

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Guillem Motos

Prisoner #3

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Olga Bernardo

Taxi Driver

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Xeui Jiménez

Outraged Peasant

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Antonio Llorca

Peasant

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José Comisario

Truck Peasant

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Jessica Hernández

Brunette Nurse

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Lena Ana María Tillman

Nurse

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Norbert Becker

Gestapo Officer

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Marc Jean Wernli

SD Officer

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Cristian Andrade

Militia Man

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Luisa Casas

Beatriz's Grandmother

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Marc Rius

Young Doctor

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