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 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

: In the film's climax, Corso discovers an authentic engraving—a single dust-covered paper —that reveals the true secret of the Ninth Gate. : Unscrupulous rare-book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp)