The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate
“ Every book has a life of its own. ”
CINEMA1999-08-25
DIGITAL2018-12-15
RegionES / FR
Runtime133 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Johnny Depp journeys through gloomy European libraries and occult secret societies in an atmospheric supernatural neo-noir.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Roman PolanskiKEYWORDS
hotelnew york citysuicidelibraryportugalobsessionsouthern franceinvestigationantiquarypicture puzzlecastlesatanismcollectorluciferdevildemonmillionairebook storeoccultmacabrerare bookdevil worshipgnosticismirreverentbibliophiliasinisterbewilderedghoulishominousoccult detective
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