Top billed cast

1. 

   Johnny Depp

   Dean Corso

2. 

   Frank Langella

   Boris Balkan

3. 

   Lena Olin

   Liana Telfer

4. 

   Emmanuelle Seigner

   The Girl

5. 

   Barbara Jefford

   Baroness Kessler

6. 

   Jack Taylor

   Victor Fargas

7. 

   José López Rodero

   Pablo & Pedro Ceniza/1st & 2nd Workmen

8. 

   Tony Amoni

   Liana's Bodyguard

9. 

   James Russo

   Bernie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-28

Johnny Depp is near his best in this devilishly demonic detective story. He is an unscrupulous, but knowledgable, New York rare book dealer who is charged by the millionaire Frank Langella to authenticate a text. "The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows" may or may not be able to summon the devil - or, at least, bestow the owner with some semblance of Satanic power. His search for the truth involves deceit, lust, many murders and a cat and mouse game with deadly consequences. Emmanuelle Seigner is suitably enigmatic as "the girl" - a sort of angelic person with ninja skills and Lena Olin hams...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$38,000,000.00

Revenue
$58,401,898.00

Keywords

• hotel
• new york city
• suicide
• library
• portugal
• obsession
• southern france
• investigation
• antiquary
• picture puzzle
• castle
• satanism
• collector
• lucifer
• devil
• demon
• millionaire
• book store
• occult
• macabre
• rare book
• devil worship
• gnosticism
• irreverent
• bibliophilia
• sinister
• bewildered
• ghoulish
• ominous