Johnny Depp stars in this dark thriller from renowned director Roman Polanski. An unscrupulous rare book collector (Depp) is sent by a wealthy customer on the trail of an occult manual reportedly written by Satan himself. His search unearths a number of bloody clues and he is shadowed every step of the way by a mysteriously fleet-footed woman (Lena Olin).
TRIVIA:
The voice of one of the Ceniza twins (Pedro Ceniza) is dubbed by Roman Polanski himself; the book of the nine gates, they say was written in 1666; the little girl that stares at Corso at the Paris Airport is played by Roman Polanski's daughter Morgan; the cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils; the pen that Lucas Corso uses is a limited edition Montblanc Agatha Christie ballpoint.
