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The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate

Mystery · Thriller · Horror · 1999

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

Movie details

The Ninth Gate

“Every book has a life of its own.”

1999 Mystery · Thriller · Horror 2h 13m

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6.5 / 10

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A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Written by

John Brownjohn · Roman Polanski · Enrique Urbizu

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Dean Corso

Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Boris Balkan

Lena Olin

Lena Olin

Liana Telfer

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

The Girl

Barbara Jefford

Barbara Jefford

Baroness Kessler

Jack Taylor

Jack Taylor

Victor Fargas

J

José López Rodero

Pablo & Pedro Ceniza/1st & 2nd Workmen

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Put The Ninth Gate on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.