Who directed The Ninth Gate?

The film was directed by Roman Polanski.

What genres does The Ninth Gate belong to?

It is classified as a mystery film, a sub-genre of crime film and thriller; a thriller film, which evokes excitement and suspense; a horror film; a neo-noir, which is a modern form of film noir; and a supernatural film.

When was The Ninth Gate released?

The film had a staggered release schedule beginning on August 25, 1999, with subsequent release dates on November 26, December 16, December 24, and December 25, 1999. It continued to be released in 2000 on February 4, February 18, March 9, and March 10.

What are the alternative titles for The Ninth Gate?

The entity is also known by the aliases "Ninth Gate," "La Neuvième Porte," and "La Neuvieme Porte."

Which organizations and countries are connected to The Ninth Gate?

The film is related to Canal+, a French television channel that began in November 1984. It is also associated with the countries of France, the United States, and Spain.

The Ninth Gate

1999 film directed by Roman Polanski

Movie film Q19405

Facts

40 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Roman Polanski^[1]
Genre: mystery film, thriller film, horror film, neo-noir, psychological thriller film, supernatural film^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Publication date: August 25, 1999, December 25, 1999, November 26, 1999, December 16, 1999, December 24, 1999, December 25, 1999, February 4, 2000, February 18, 2000, March 9, 2000, March 10, 2000^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]
Screenwriter: Enrique Urbizu, Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn^[2]^[3]^[4]
Based on: The Club Dumas^[12]
Producer: Roman Polanski^[27]
Duration: +133
After a work by: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Assessment: Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test
Box office: +58400000
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +38000000
Cast member: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Jack Taylor, Barbara Jefford, Allen Garfield, Jacques Dacqmine, Joe Sheridan, Rebecca Pauly, Catherine Benguigui, Jacques Collard, Roman Polanski, Willy Holt, Emmanuel Booz^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
Color: color^[39]
Composer: Wojciech Kilar^[5]
Country of origin: France, United States, Spain^[40]^[41]^[42]
Director of photography: Darius Khondji^[29]
Distributed by: Netflix, Fandango at Home, Amazon Prime Video^[52]^[53]^[54]
Distribution format: video on demand^[35]
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Film editor: Hervé de Luze
Filming location: Paris, Portugal, New York City, Spain, Château de Ferrières, Château de Puivert, Casa Biester^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]^[66]
Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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Kijkwijzer rating: 12
Main subject: occultism, bibliophilia, obsession^[67]
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
NMHH film rating: Category IV
Narrative location: Paris, New York City, Toledo, Portugal, France^[55]^[56]^[57]^[58]^[59]
Original language of film or TV show: Spanish, French, English, Latin, Portuguese^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
P14449: 3355
P14567: SID0033702
P14724: 19506534
P14821: 142688
Production company: Canal+^[28]
Production designer: Dean Tavoularis
References work, tradition or theory: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Review score: 5/10, 44%, 44/100^[36]^[37]^[38]
Set in period: 1990s
Title: The Ninth Gate

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 92

VIAF cluster ID: 208725295
GND ID: 7638270-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Château de Ferrières (Ferrières-en-Brie) - Arrière.jpg ↗
ACMI ID: works/92487
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 61417
AllMovie title ID: v180461
Allcinema film ID: 160137
AlloCiné film ID: 20391
Amazon Prime Video ID: B08669H829
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B000QE9ERK
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.95h9hxga7cy1xmsp9ss13fy6
BFI Films, TV and people ID: 4ce2b81357a0c

Show all 92 identifiers +80

Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 6650
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 167261459
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): ninethgate
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 1377
CineMagia title ID: 5886
Cinema.de ID: 1318371
Cinematografo.it film ID: 36530
Cinematografo.it film ID (new): la-nona-porta-feakzyhy
Cineplex Germany film ID: 36003
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 64785
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 56402
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 2556
DNF film ID: 27771
Daum movie ID: 2181
Decine21 film ID: 5193
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 2353
Douban film ID: 1294789
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 387, 15077
EDb film ID: t0007659
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/B014-5FE8-8E69-5C42-ACB2-J
ElFilm film ID: 141454
Elonet movie ID: 917920
Exploitation mark number: 94964
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID): 7070
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): MMVE3B491856FC6582A030104566544FDED9
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/die-neun-pforten
FilmAffinity film ID: 555281
FilmPolski.pl ID: 128775
FilmVandaag ID: film/1719
Filmfront film ID (archived): 1925
Filmová databáze film ID: 24253
Filmweb.no film ID: 47375
Filmweb.pl film ID: 10682
Freebase ID: /m/025_5c
Google Play Movies & TV ID: YdH4s042Nwg
IMDb ID: tt0142688
ISAN: 0000-0000-21AA-0000-5-0000-0000-M
ITunes movie ID: 253669876, 481755585
IdRef ID: 171676890
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/lanonaporta
KINENOTE film ID: 31889
Kanopy ID: 11335816
Kinobox film ID: 28356
Kinopoisk film ID: 11637
Kvikmyndir film ID: 1815
LUMIERE film ID: 12050
LdiF ID: 511988
Letterboxd film ID: the-ninth-gate
Library of Congress item ID (LCCN bibliographic): 2004644816
MUBI film ID: 18831
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 32880
Mediafilm ID: mf-tt-7719034598
Metacritic ID: movie/the-ninth-gate
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-ninth-gate-m100023775
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv31456
MovieMeter film ID: 60
Moviepilot.de film ID: die-neun-pforten
Netflix ID: 60000200
OFDb film ID: 1945
OMDb film ID: 622
PORT film ID: 14882
Plex media key: 5d776827999c64001ec2c7f3
Prisma ID: 391588
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/ninth_gate
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 6505
Scope.dk film ID: 463
Scripts.com script ID: 681
Sratim ID: tt16882
Swedish Film Database ID: 40821
TMDB movie ID: 622
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 134160
TV Tropes ID: Film/TheNinthGate
TV.com ID: movies/the-ninth-gate
The Numbers movie ID: Ninth-Gate-The
TheTVDB movie ID: 2523
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-ninth-gate-1999
Trakt.tv film ID: 498
Unifrance film ID: 15965
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Movie", "TheNinthGate::dwb2h"]
ČSFD film ID: 7353

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 12

Johnny Depp, Roman Polanski, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Allen Garfield, Jack Taylor +4 more

Filming location 6

Spain, Portugal, Paris, New York City, Château de Ferrières, Château de Puivert

Genre 5

horror film, thriller film, neo-noir, mystery film, supernatural film

Original language of film or TV show 5

English, Spanish, French, Latin, Portuguese

Narrative location 4

Portugal, Paris, New York City, Toledo

Country of origin 3

France, United States, Spain

Distributed by 3

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home

Main subject 3

occultism, bibliophilia, obsession

Screenwriter 3

Roman Polanski, Enrique Urbizu, John Brownjohn

After a work by 1

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

The Club Dumas

Composer 1

Wojciech Kilar

Director 1

Roman Polanski

Director of photography 1

Darius Khondji

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Hervé de Luze

Instance of 1

film

Performer 1

Wojciech Kilar

Producer 1

Roman Polanski

Production company 1

Canal+

Production designer 1

Dean Tavoularis

Set in period 1

1990s

← Derivative work 1

The Club Dumas

← SNARC ID 1

Neath Abbey

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Ninth Gate — director (P57): Roman Polanski. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Ninth Gate — screenwriter (P58): Enrique Urbizu. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Ninth Gate — screenwriter (P58): Roman Polanski. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Ninth Gate — screenwriter (P58): John Brownjohn. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Ninth Gate — composer (P86): Wojciech Kilar. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): mystery film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): thriller film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): horror film. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved 2020-06-01. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): neo-noir. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): psychological thriller film. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Ninth Gate — genre (P136): supernatural film. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Ninth Gate — based on (P144): The Club Dumas. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Johnny Depp. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Lena Olin. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Frank Langella. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Emmanuelle Seigner. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): James Russo. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Jack Taylor. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Barbara Jefford. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Allen Garfield. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Jacques Dacqmine. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Joe Sheridan. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Rebecca Pauly. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Catherine Benguigui. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Jacques Collard. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Ninth Gate — cast member (P161): Roman Polanski. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Ninth Gate — producer (P162): Roman Polanski. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Ninth Gate — production company (P272): Canal+. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Ninth Gate — director of photography (P344): Darius Khondji. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Ninth Gate — original language of film or TV show (P364): Spanish. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Ninth Gate — original language of film or TV show (P364): French. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Ninth Gate — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Ninth Gate — original language of film or TV show (P364): Latin. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Ninth Gate — original language of film or TV show (P364): Portuguese. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Ninth Gate — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Ninth Gate — review score (P444): 5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-09-04. rottentomatoes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Ninth Gate — review score (P444): 44%. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Ninth Gate — review score (P444): 44/100. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Ninth Gate — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Ninth Gate — country of origin (P495): France. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-19. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Ninth Gate — country of origin (P495): United States. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-19. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Ninth Gate — country of origin (P495): Spain. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-19. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): August 25, 1999. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): December 25, 1999. Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): November 26, 1999. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): December 16, 1999. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): December 24, 1999. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): February 4, 2000. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): February 18, 2000. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): March 9, 2000. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ The Ninth Gate — publication date (P577): March 10, 2000. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ The Ninth Gate — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ The Ninth Gate — distributed by (P750): Fandango at Home. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ The Ninth Gate — distributed by (P750): Amazon Prime Video. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ The Ninth Gate — narrative location (P840): Paris. The Ninth Gate. wikidata.org.
[56] ↑ The Ninth Gate — narrative location (P840): New York City. The Ninth Gate. wikidata.org.
[57] ↑ The Ninth Gate — narrative location (P840): Toledo. The Ninth Gate. wikidata.org.
[58] ↑ The Ninth Gate — narrative location (P840): Portugal. The Ninth Gate. wikidata.org.
[59] ↑ The Ninth Gate — narrative location (P840): France. wikidata.org.
[60] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Paris. wikidata.org.
[61] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Portugal. wikidata.org.
[62] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): New York City. wikidata.org.
[63] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Spain. wikidata.org.
[64] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Château de Ferrières. wikidata.org.
[65] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Château de Puivert. wikidata.org.
[66] ↑ The Ninth Gate — filming location (P915): Casa Biester. wikidata.org.
[67] ↑ The Ninth Gate — main subject (P921): occultism. The Ninth Gate. wikidata.org.

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