the ninth gate (1999)
Original title: the ninth gate
Production: USA|127 min
Thriller, Fantasy
new york: dean corso, mercenary seeker of ancient books, accepts the task of the very rich bibliophile boris balkan to trace the last two copies of the seventeenth-century volume 'the nine gates of the kingdom of the shadows', and compare the illustrations with those of the copy of the same balkan, in order to verify its authenticity. the mission turns out to be full of dangers, curses and deaths. corso, protected by a diabolically angelic creature, will go to the end.
Festivals and awards
Origin of the subject
dal libro: el club dumas (1993, Arturo Pérez-Reverte)
Direction
Roman Polanski: regista
Production and Screenplay
Roman Polanski: produttore
Roman Polanski: sceneggiatore
Francis Ford Coppola: produttore esecutivo
John Brownjohn: sceneggiatore
Enrique Urbizu: sceneggiatore
Characters and Interpreters
dean corso
Johnny Depp(età:36)
la ragazza
Emmanuelle Seigner(età:33)
Liana Telfer
Lena Olin(età:44)
Boris Balkan
Frank Langella(età:59)
Bernie
James Russo(età:46)
victor fargas
Jack Taylor (attore)(età:63)
pablo e pedro ceniza
witkin
Allen Garfield(età:60)
baronessa Kessler
Barbara Jefford(età:69)
andrew telfer
Willy Holt(età:78)
Technical staff
Darius Khondji: direttore della fotografia
Dean Tavoularis: scenografo
Wojciech Kilar: musiche
Hervé De luze: montatore
Voices and Dubbing
Version Italia(1999)
Riccardo Rossi Voice of Johnny Depp
Francesco Pannofino Voice of James Russo
Micaela Esdra Voice of Emmanuelle Seigner
Giorgio Lopez Voice of Jack Taylor (attore)
Pinella Dragani Voice of Lena Olin
Miranda Bonansea Voice of Barbara Jefford
Luciano De Ambrosis Voice of Frank Langella