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The Ninth Day is a 2004 German historical drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Ulrich Matthes and August Diehl. It was released by Kino International. The film is about a Catholic priest from Luxembourg who is imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp, but released for nine days.
Nov 11, 2004 · The Ninth Day: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau. A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Father Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes) is a Roman Catholic dissenter from Luxembourg imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp. When Kremer is granted a nine-day furlough by Nazi officer Gebhardt...
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The Ninth Day is a 2004 German historical drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Ulrich Matthes and August Diehl. It was released by Kino International. The film is about a Catholic priest from Luxembourg who is imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp, but released for nine days.
In World War II, after a period living hell on earth in the concentration camp of Dachau with other catholic priests, Father Abbé Henri Kremer gets a nine-day leave to return to his home town for his mother's funeral.
The Ninth Day digs beyond rote charges of ecclesiastical complicity and counter-arguments to explore various levels of resistance and protest — and their consequences.
Reception. The Luxembourg priest Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes) is imprisoned in the so-called “Priestblock” (Pfarrerblock) in Dachau concentration camp. Things seem to take an unexpected turn when he is surprisingly released. But this supposed freedom is but brief.
