History Film / TheNinthGate

** And we're talking about forging a book into ''two'' other books, not just one : it doubles the risks, and makes it impossible by requesting a perfect copy ''twice''. Yet, it's still said early that the books (or parts of it) are forgery [[spoiler: : {{a Foreshadowing}} that there was a DealWithTheDevil involved with the author, Aristide Torchia]].

** And we're talking about forging a book into ''two'' other books, not just one : it doubles the risks, and makes it impossible by requesting a perfect copy ''twice''. Yet, it's still said early that the books (or parts of it) are forgery : a Foreshadowing that there was a DealWithTheDevil involved with the author, Aristide Torchia.

''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 movie by RomanPolanski, freely adapted from ''Literature/TheClubDumas'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, starring JohnnyDepp as Dean Corso, an expert on rare books. A client, Boris Balkan, played by Franck Langella, asks Corso to authenticate his copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows''. The book has three copies surviving, due to the rest being burned in 1666 along with its author - because the book is supposedly an adaptation of another book, the ''Delomelanicon'', written by Lucifer himself.

* ProductPlacement: Several examples, but most notably when Corso is filling a vehicle with gasoline, twisting the nozzle so the Shell logo directly faces the camera.

* UnusualEuphemism: At one point, Liana tells Corso "don't fuck with me," to which he responds, "I thought I just did." The TV Edit changes "fuck" to "mess" making Corso's response unintentionally bizarre.
** Although "mess around with" is a more widely used euphemism for the sex act.

* Catchphrase: In the movie, when Corso tries to corner the Girl, she often answers "If you say so."

''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 movie by RomanPolanski, freely adapted from ''Literature/TheClubDumas'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, starring JohnnyDepp as Dean Corso, an expert on rare books. A client, Boris Balkan, played by Franck Langella, asks Corso to authenticate his copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows''. The book has three copies surviving, due to the rest being burned in 1667 along with its author - because the book is supposedly an adaptation of another book, the ''Delomelanicon'', written by Lucifer himself.

* NumberOfTheBeast: Balkan has the largest collection in the world of books about the Devil. Guess what the password to his library is?

''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 movie by RomanPolanski, freely adapted from ''Literature/TheClubDumas'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, starring JohnnyDepp as Dean Corso, an expert on rare books. A client, Boris Balkan, played by Franck Langella, asks Corso to authenticate his copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows''. The book has three copies surviving, due to the rest being burned at the stake in 1667 with its author - because the book is supposedly an adaptation of another book, the ''Delomelanicon'', written by Lucifer himself.

* HotAsHell: [[spoiler: The Girl, who makes the Devil look GOOD.]]

* ShownTheirWork: The Ceniza Brothers tell Corso that the difficulty of forging or restoring an antique book is so difficult and costly it wouldn't be profitablet. Even with modern technology, forging old books well enough to fool the types of collectors and historians who will be interested in buying them is very tricky, needing the right types of paper and ink even. And if you aim to forge one so rare and desired that the price they'll pay is enough to make it profitable, it just increases the chances that someone who knows about that book will investigate and find out it's a fake.

** The Hermit - Fargas

* TitleDrop: Even though ''The Nine Gates etc...'' are often referred to, you need to wait for the end, to hear Balkan mention "unlocking ''The Ninth Gate''" during his ceremony.

As Corso attempts to figure out which of the three copies is the genuine one, he discovers that the ''Nine Gates'' has a purpose - when used correctly, the book will raise the Devil himself and grant the summoner great supernatural power. Corso is not the only person who has figured this out, and is chased by others who want the power and protected by a mysterious girl, played by [[Film/{{Frantic}} Emmanuelle Seigner]]. The deeper Corso delves into the mystery of the book, the deeper the pile of bodies left behind becomes.

As Corso attempts to figure out which of the three copies is the genuine one, he discovers that the ''Nine Gates'' has a purpose - when used correctly, the book will raise the Devil himself and grant the summoner great supernatural power. Corso is not the only person who has figured this out, and is chased by others who want the power and protected by a mysterious girl, played by [[Film/Frantic Emmanuelle Seigner]]. The deeper Corso delves into the mystery of the book, the deeper the pile of bodies left behind becomes.

As Corso attempts to figure out which of the three copies is the genuine one, he discovers that the ''Nine Gates'' has a purpose - when used correctly, the book will raise the Devil himself and grant the summoner great supernatural power. Corso is not the only person who has figured this out, and is chased by others who want the power and protected by a mysterious girl, played by [[Frantic Emmanuelle Seigner]]. The deeper Corso delves into the mystery of the book, the deeper the pile of bodies left behind becomes.

''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 movie by RomanPolanski, freely adapted from ''Literature/TheClubDumas'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, starring JohnnyDepp as Dean Corso, an expert on rare books. A client, Boris Balkan, asks Corso to authenticate his copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows''. The book has three copies surviving, due to the rest being burned at the stake in 1667 with its author - because the book is supposedly an adaptation of another book co-written by Lucifer himself.

As Corso attempts to figure out which of the three copies is the genuine one, he discovers that the ''Nine Gates'' has a purpose - when used correctly, the book will raise the Devil himself and grant the summoner great supernatural power. Corso is not the only person who has figured this out, and is chased by others who want the power and protected by a mysterious girl. The deeper Corso delves into the mystery of the book, the deeper the pile of bodies left behind becomes.

* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: the Ceniza brothers tell Dean Corso that forging an antique book is very difficult and has a low profit margin.
** Forging old books actually is really difficult even with modern technology and techniques and unless the title forged is extremely rare the profits are not even nearly worth the work. And if one forges a high enough profile book that it would net enough money on the market to cover the cost of forgery, a Gutenberg Bible for example, the risk of getting caught would be extremely high.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Liana Telfer's main henchman in the movie is a bleach-blonde black man.

!! This book provides examples of:

* [[AffablyEvil Affably Morally Ambiguous]]: "Irene Adler" [[spoiler: (or whatever her real, demonic name is)]].
* AngelUnaware: While the movie only implied it, [[spoiler: The Girl is specifically stated to be a fallen angel in the book.]]
* TheBaroness: Baroness Ungern, while actually holding the title, is not one.
* BlackAndGreyMorality.
* BlondesAreEvil: Liana Talliefer
* ButchLesbian: Makarova, who in the words of the author "looked like a fitter from a ball-bearing factory in Leningrad."
* TheDevilIsALoser: The Girl seems to think so. [[spoiler: And she would know.]]
* FemmeFatale: Liana and the Girl
* GenreSavvy: Discussed, played with and ultimately subverted. [[spoiler: The GenreSavvy Corso recognizes the connection between the two plotlines, only to find out that there was no such connection, and that by reading too much into the situation he was distracted from what was actually going on.]]
* {{Ghostapo}}: Baroness Ungern was the assistant of Hitler's personal astrologer when she was younger. Corso produces a photo of her with Himmler to blackmail her at one point.
* GreenEyes: The Girl's are dwelt on in detail.
* HammeredIntoTheGround: Corso gets pushed into the floor by Frank Langella, who delivers the one-liner, "It seems you found your proper niche at last... I like that."
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Discussed, in regard to Dumas' treatment of Cardinal Richelieu in his books. Occurs in-story with Giordano Bruno, who while a bit of a kook, was not a devil worshipper by any means.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Varo Borja]]
* HowWeGotHere:
* MeaningfulName: Boris Balkin
* MetaFiction
* NaziNobleman: Sort of. While apparently friendly with Nazis, Baroness Ungern was not a noblewoman back then.
* NouveauRiche: Enrique and Liana Talliefer who "have more money than taste," according to Corso.
* PlagiarismInFiction: [[spoiler: Enrique Talliefer plagiarized an obscure novel, ''Angeline de Gravaillac'', for his book, ''The Dead Man's Hand, or Anne of Austria's Page.'' Balkan's discovery of this fact drove him to suicide.]]
* RootingForTheEmpire: In-universe, Liana is a big fan of Milady de Winter and hates the Musketeers.
* ShoutOut: Listing all of them would take up a page on its own.
** Most obviously, there's a blatant shout-out to SherlockHolmes when the Girl identifies herself once as Irene Adler.
** And the entire interaction between Corso and The Girl is a reference to Jacques Cazotte's ''The Devil in Love.''
* SmugSnake: Varo Borja, so much.
* SummoningArtifact
* TomeOfEldritchLore: ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows'', as well as the ''Delomelanicon.''
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Varo Borja suspected from the beginning that the authentic engravings were spread across three books and sent out Corso to confirm this theory and to serve as a fall guy for the murders of Fargas and Ungern.]]

!!This movie includes examples of:

''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 movie by RomanPolanski, freely adapted from ''The Club Dumas'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, starring JohnnyDepp as Dean Corso, an expert on rare books. A client, Boris Balkan, asks Corso to authenticate his copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows''. The book has three copies surviving, due to the rest being burned at the stake in 1667 with its author - because the book is supposedly an adaptation of another book co-written by Lucifer himself.

!! This film provides examples of:

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!! This book includes examples of:

That, of course, is the movie. In the book, Corso has two missions. One is to try and authenticate his client, Boris Balkin's, copy of "The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows." The other involves "The Anjou Wine", a chapter of the original manuscript of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' by Creator/AlexandreDumas, père. This manuscript was once owned by the late Enrique Talliefer, a millionaire who specialized in cookbooks, who killed himself. While traveling around Europe on his mission(s), he finds himself being stalked by a man and woman who look uncannily like Milady de Winter and Comte de Rochefort.