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In New York, the money-driven dealer Dean Corso is a rare-books expert and partner of Bernie, who owns a bookstore. He is contacted by the renowned collector of books about the devil Boris Balkan, who has just acquired the rare The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows from the collector Andrew Telfer, to verify whether his book is authentic or a forgery. Balkan explains that the book was written by the writer Aristide Torchia, in 1666, with Lucifer and he was burned at the stake with his entire work. There are only three exemplars of The Nine Gates and in accordance with the legend, its nine engravings form a riddle to conjure the devil. The skeptical Corso accepts the assignment and has to fly to Sintra, Portugal, and Paris, France, to contact the owners Victor Fargas and Baroness Kessler and find the genuine exemplar for Balkan. Meanwhile, he asks Bernie to hide the rare book. Before traveling to Europe, the widow Liana Telfer wants to retrieve the book and has sex with Corso, but he does not accept her offer. When Corso returns to Bernies bookstore, he finds his friend murdered in the same position of an engraving. Corso travels to Toledo, Spain, to meet the Ceniza twin brothers and learn more about The Nine Gates. During his journey in Europe, Corso is pursued by Liana and her bodyguard, who belong to the sect The Order of the Silver Serpents, and is protected by a mysterious Girl with supernatural powers. Meanwhile, the owners of the two other exemplars of The Nine Gates are murdered. Corso becomes obsessed with the book and discloses the truth about it.
Dean Corso, an unscrupulous New York City rare-book dealer with questionable ethics, is hired by millionaire magnate Boris Balkan--an avid book collector and zealous occult scholar--to verify the authenticity of his most prized possession: The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows. As the diligent book-detective flies to Europe to compare Balkans edition with the only two remaining copies, right from the start, a thick mystery begins to shroud his mission, and hair-raising incidents stand in the way of the truth. Now, a cryptic woman with a penetrating gaze seems to follow Corsos every step. But in this peril-laden quest for clues, there is no turning back. And little by little, the intricate mystical engravings of the diabolical leather-bound opus will unfold its unfathomable secrets only to the one who holds the key to the dark enlightenment. However, who is worthy of its black yet glorious gifts?
Johnny Depp
Dean Corso
Frank Langella
Boris Balkan
Lena Olin
Liana Telfer
Emmanuelle Seigner
The Girl
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Baroness Kessler
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Victor Fargas
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Tony Amoni
Liana's Bodyguard
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Bernie
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Andrew Telfer
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