The Ninth Gate Trivias

The code entered by Balkan in the elevator and to enter his book collection is 666.

A portion of the film score consists of a vocalise sung by Korean soprano Sumi Jo.

The main theme of the film is based on Camille Saint-Saëns' piece for violin and orchestra, Havanaise.

Inconsistency regarding the engravings that Corso claims to be genuine (signed LCF) and forged (signed AT). In an early scene he discovers the LCF signatures on 1) an engraving of an old man holding keys in his right hand and 2) a maze that has no exit. But in a later scene he says the genuine engravings show the keys in the left hand and that the maze has an open exit.While showing off his collection to Corso, Fargas presents a "Dictionaire Infernal" by Collin de Plancy, which he says is a first edition from 1844. The first edition of this influential demonology encyclopedia appeared in 1818, but its sixth edition, published in 1863, is prized for its illustrations, including 72 drawings of demons. The copy Fargas holds has a title page that appears to be from the 1863 edition.When Balkin is pouring liquid from his thermos into a cup after knocking Corso through the floorboards, you can clearly see the liquid continue to pour after he lifts the thermos and stops pouring.

When Corso goes to the New York City Library for research, he pulls a copy of Books in Print from the shelf. All major libraries have used CDs of this reference guide for years. Also, he finds an illustration from the book he is researching. Books in Print never printed an illustration.When Corso and the Girl step into the lift at the hotel where Liana Telfer is staying, the Girl's hair is in a messy ponytail. When they get off the lift it's much neater, in the next shot it's messy again.When Fargas is comparing both books for Corso, he supposedly opens both books to the same page to point out an error in printing. However, in the wide shot, it is clear the books are not both open to the same page. The book on the left has a very evident gap in one of the lines that the book on the right does not.

When Corso is in the cab he asks the driver to stop at the payphone. The cab driver says, "No problem, sir" but his mouth is visible in the mirror and is clearly not speaking.When Corso and Balkan are talking in the castle, the pieces of paper continuously change position between shots after Balkan has laid out the engravings on the table.In the film, the book "The Nine Gates" displays an inverted pentagram on its cover to represent it's Satanic content. However, the inverted pentagram only became associated with Satanism and evil in the late 19th century due largely to a work by the French occultist Eliphas Levi. As the books were said to be in their original 17th century Venetian bindings, the appearance of the inverted pentagram is an anachronism.As Corso asks the cab driver to wait while he goes to the bookstore, we see a motorcycle drive down Bleeker street. The license plate on the motorcycle are French, but Corso is in New York.

Obvious stunt double when Corso crosses Bleeker street en route to the rare bookstore in Manhattan.Obvious stunt double when Balkas knocks Corso through the floorboards of the castle (near the end of the movie).When Liana Telfer smashes up a bottle on Corso's head, the sound of glass breaking comes before the bottle actually makes contact.Corso acquires a supposedly early Spanish edition of "Don Quixote" dated 1780. "Don Quixote" has claims to being the first modern novel and was first published in 1605-1615, so the 1780 date is hardly "early". Furthermore, the edition shown features a very famous engraving by French illustrator Gustave Doré who published his illustrations of "Don Quixote" in 1863.When Dean Corso meets Boris Balkin for the first time, a crewmember is reflected in the library window.

When Corso and the girl arrive at the castle where the convention takes place, night is falling. As Corso leaves again, chasing Balkan, only a short time afterward, there is bright sunlight.In the first quarter of the movie, when Corso is in the library, he turns to his left and you can see the mic cord beneath his shirt.The footsteps when Corso is walking up the stairs to meet the old woman are off by about 1/2 second. It comes back in sync shortly after he presses the buzzer.With the exception of the baroness, not one of the alleged "bibliophiles" takes care of books purported to be of immeasurable value. No gloves are used, Corso frequently smokes while reading them, and the storage techniques are not consistent with the quality of the books; if the books were really treated as shown, they would not be in such good condition.

Front license plates in Switzerland don't have flags on them.When Dean and the woman are driving, and the sign that says St. Martin is reflected on the windshield, it is obvious that a computer generated reflection was superimposed over the windshield, because when the car turns, the reflection is jerky and unsynchronized with the car movement.In the fight between Boris Balkan and Liana Telfer on the altar, as they are wrestling, right before they fall over you can clearly see a wire pulling the brazier down. It runs from the bottom left corner of the screen to the top of the brazier.

The cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils.The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel's title referred to a major subplot involving a secret society obsessed with serialized novels, such as those written by Alexandre Dumas père.The little girl that stares at Corso at the Paris Airport is played by Roman Polanski's daughter Morgan.The book of the nine gates, they say was written in 1666.The book of the nine gates, they say was written in 1666.

The pen that Lucas Corso uses is a limited edition Montblanc Agatha Christie ballpoint.The voice of one of the Ceniza twins (Pedro Ceniza) is dubbed by Roman Polanski himself.The two booksellers Corso encounters in Toledo are actually the same actor, Jose Lopez Rodero. Polanski used a motion capture rig to use the same actor twice. The same man appears again later, playing two workmen cleaning out the bookstore. Rodero is an assistant director and production manager, not a professional actor. He was hesitant to accept these multiple parts.The opening credits feature the camera floating through nine sets of doors before the film begins.