The Ninth Gate is a movie directed by Roman Polanski in 1999 and inspired by the book The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, first published in 1993. The movie features Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Allen Garfield, and others.
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Storyline
Dean Corso is a New York City rare book dealer who is hired by wealthy collector Boris Balkan. Torchia is alleged to have written the book in collaboration with the Devil, and only three copies survived when he and his works were burned for heresy. Corso retrieves the book and travels to Toledo, Spain, to speak to the Ceniza Brothers, book restorers who owned Balkan’s copy before the Telfers.
Movie vs Book
Year
1999
Minutes
133
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Ninth Gate
Director: Roman Polanski
Country: France
Year: 1999
Length: 2h13m
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Year
1993
Pages
362
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The Club Dumas
Original title: El club Dumas
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Country: Spain
First published in: 1993
Length: 362 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“To me the best book adaptations are like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.”
DEREK CIANFRANCE (Filmmaker)
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