The Ninth Gate Apr 2026

: The film is based on the 1993 novel The Club Dumas by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

: The plot centers on a fictional 17th-century occult text titled The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows . While the book in the movie is a prop, it is often discussed as a "character" itself in interviews with Polanski . The Ninth Gate

: Unscrupulous rare-book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is hired by a collector to verify the authenticity of three known copies of this manual, which is rumored to have the power to summon the Devil. : The film is based on the 1993

If you are looking for the text related to the 1999 film The Ninth Gate , directed by Roman Polanski, you can find the original screenplay by Polanski, John Brownjohn, and Enrique Urbizu at . Another version of the script is hosted on HorrorLair . For more context on the story and its origins: : Unscrupulous rare-book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp)

: In the film's climax, Corso discovers an authentic engraving—a single dust-covered paper —that reveals the true secret of the Ninth Gate.