A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Director:
Volker Schlöndorff
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Cast
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| Ulrich Matthes | ... | Abbé Henri Kremer | |
| August Diehl | ... | Untersturmführer Gebhardt | |
| Hilmar Thate | ... | Bischof Philippe | |
| Bibiana Beglau | ... | Marie Kremer | |
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Germain Wagner | ... | Roger Kremer |
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Jean-Paul Raths | ... | Raymond Schmitt |
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Ivan Jirík | ... | Armando Bausch |
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Karel Hromadka | ... | Pater Laurant Koltz |
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Miroslav Sichmann | ... | Pater Marcel Bour |
| Adolf Filip | ... | Professor Klimek (Kraków) | |
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Vladimir Fiser | ... | Bischof Kozal |
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Peter Varga | ... | Józef (Polish Inmate) (as Petr Varga) |
| Petr Janis | ... | Pater Nansen | |
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Zdenek Pechácek | ... | Lagerführer |
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Václav Krátký | ... | SS-Mann |
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During WWII, a head priest, Henri Kremer, is mysteriously freed from Dachau concentration camp. He learns that he can return home, to Luxembourg, for a period of nine days, during which he will have to face a persuasive Gestapo chief who will put his faith to the test. Written by Anonymous9
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Release Date:
11 November 2004 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
El noveno día See more »Edit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,675, 3 June 2005, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$72,888, 20 November 2005Company Credits
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Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen, Videopress S.A., Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) See more »
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While the priest was in the Gestapo agent's office the agent pointed out a Russian religious icon, which he said he obtained in Moscow. The Nazis were very close to Moscow, but never were in that city. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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During WW2 a priest named Henry Kremer(Ulrich Matthes) imprisoned in concentration camp of Dachau is freed along a period of 9 days. He's threatened by a SS Unterstumfuhrer(August Dhiel) to convince the Luxemburg bishop(Tathe) to write a declaration for supporting the Nazi regime . The priest is affected because of his decision whether or not to collaborate with the Nazis.
This is an intelligent and thought-provoking film , correctly based on real events. The director covers a wide variety of plot developments at a rare pace by means of continuous flashbacks in which remembers horrible events at concentration camp of Duchau. Excellent performances by main cast as Ulrich Matthes (Goebbles in ¨The downfall¨) and August Dhiel(Ingorious bastards). Good secondary cast as Bibiana Beglau (Legend of Rita by Schlondorff) as the affecting sister . The musical score is often despairing and screeching with surprising witty touches , it is composed by Russian musician Alfred Schnitke(1934-88). The motion picture is well directed by Volker Scholondorff. He's an expert on Nazi issues as proved in ¨Tim drum¨ , ¨The ogre¨ and this one. Schlondorff does a very unusual pictures with important insight into how the past affects the present and root causes of war. His first feature film, ¨Young Torless¨ was showed around the world and he was pretty heard by international viewers when directed ¨The lost honour of Katharine Blum¨, getting similar success his fellow-countrymen as Fassbinder, Herzog and Wenders. His reputation was greatly enhanced when his phenomenal movie ¨Tin drum¨ was awarded the Oscar as best foreign-language film. Later on,Schlondorff consolidated with ¨Circle of deceits¨. Since then his films have been less satisfactory as ¨Murder in the Bayou¨ , ¨Handmaid's tale¨and ¨Palmetto¨.
Rating : Very good , Schlondorff's one the last impressive film to date. The film is admirable coherent , though in complicated narrative and never sags under its approx. hundred minutes . The movie will appeal to Nazi theme buffs