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Synopsis: Director Volker Schlondorff (The Tin Drum) creates a moral thriller that "succeeds in illuminating an almost unimaginably dark story" (The New York Times). Inspired by the true tale of a dissident priest's temporary furlough from Dachau, THE NINTH DAY transforms an ethical crisis into a nail-biting showdown and unspeakable guilt into transcendent redemption. German with English subtitles.
Starring: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl
Supporting actors: Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau, Germain Wagner, Jean-Paul Raths, Ivan Jirík, Karel Hromadka, Miroslav Sichmann, Adolf Filip, Vladimir Fiser, Peter Varga, Petr Janis, Zdenek Pechácek, Vaclav Kratky, Marcel Svidrman, Karel Dobry, Götz Burger, Michael König, Vladimir Gut
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Genre: Drama, War
Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
Studio: Kino International
ASIN: B002QSM4OY
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The Ninth Day DVD ~ Ulrich Matthes

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  • Production Company: Provobis Film, Videopress S.A., Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), BeltFilm, ARTE
  • Filming Locations: Germany | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Prague, Czech Republic
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59 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film! I wish Americans made movies like this., December 6, 2005
This review is from: The Ninth Day (DVD)
This is a story partly about how the Catholic Church has been maligned and mistreated vis-à-vis its so-called collusion with Nazi Germany. When viewed in light of the political "numbers game", actually they (including Pius the Pope) may have been weighing the greater good vs the greater bad in decisions/non-decisions they made. Who are we (USA) over 2000 miles away to really understand a Vatican and Europe surrounded and intimidated by Nazi soldiers every day?

Specifically, this is a movie about the real imprisonment of scores of Catholic priests in the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp. It centers on political intrigue. But, more so though, it is about faith and courage in the face of certain death.

A very powerful movie. I am amazed that it was actually made by Germans, indicating a sincere sorrow for their country's past sins and a willingness now to confront these head on.

It's one of the very best movies of the Nazi era genre I have ever seen. It's a fast moving thriller of a film. It is in German, with very good English subtitles. Bravo Zulu to all actors. Excellence.

A hidden gem of a film! Thank you German friends! I wish we in America made such films with such depth.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beg for your life!, July 1, 2006
By Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ninth Day (DVD)

Volker Schlondorff (The tin drum and the young Torless) proves once more why he is a famed and hyper talented filmmaker, and in the meantime one of the last surviving directors of the generation of the post war, whose troubled spirit and the whole necessity to express themselves has remained present despite sixty years have elapsed since those awful years of Nazi opprobrium.

From the autobiographical novel of a priest, Volker built a superb portrait, a struggling film, a striking drama where the pain, the suffering and the desperation will become the departure point and the delicate decision.

Kremer will just dispose of nine days to make his choice. Devastating and hard to forget drama, with absorbing and arresting images. You will notice the other side of the horror in Dachau.

Mesmerizing and supreme picture. Don't miss it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a searing portrayal, January 23, 2007
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of life in Dachau and occupied Luxembourg. There are no absolute, clear-cut answers for Father Kremer (brilliantly acted by Ulrich Matthes). The film is an exceptional examination of the consciences and actions of two men in particular, Kremer and Gephardt (very well-played by August Diehl). A stark and sometimes brutal piece, I cannot imagine that a person could be unchanged after seeing it. Americans could learn much from this film -- it takes enormous courage to look at ourselves with such brutal honesty. The German filmmaker, Schlöndorff, clearly knows what that means....and isn't afraid of it, perhaps because that's the
only way we learn anything genuine about ourselves.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very inspiring and unique
This unique film appears to have been inspired - at least in part - by the book by Father Bertrand. However, it is not the film about the book. Read more
Published 5 days ago by D. Newton

5.0 out of 5 stars "Judas. That's you".
Director Volker Schlöndorff has accomplished with "The Ninth Day" what so many filmmakers--American and foreign--fail to do: to depict a believable, human, and realistic clash... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J from NY

5.0 out of 5 stars Grim portrayal of Nazi persecution against anti-Nazi clergy
"The Ninth Day" is not exactly a Holocaust drama in the strict sense as it's main focus is not about the persecution and extermination of Jews by the Nazis during WW II, but about... Read more
Published 10 months ago by z hayes

5.0 out of 5 stars Faithful
There are very few movies based on a book that faithfully relate the story and remain engaging. Either the film plods along as a page by page recounting of the book or it takes... Read more
Published 15 months ago by CDS

5.0 out of 5 stars An Ethical Tale
The Ninth Day is one of Schlondorff's strongest works. The story concerns Ulrich Matthes, playing a Catholic priest, imprisoned in Dachau for working with the resistance and... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Keith W. Harvey

5.0 out of 5 stars The heart of darkness: Dachau
How would you have fared at Dachau? One little known fact about the death camp was that there were numerous priests who were condemned to the camp, and this film is the true... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jeri Nevermind

5.0 out of 5 stars An absorbing Holocaust drama
I have seen this movie twice and both times scenes in the movie haunted me for days. A powerful movie with very little dialogue but with powerful scenes. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Agape

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE FOR??
The film begins in the Dachau concentration camp, one of the most brutal. We stay there long enough to meet Father Henri Kremer and his fellow clergy prisoners and to experience... Read more
Published on December 22, 2007 by Loves To Read

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and Excellent
This is an awsome true story about a Catholic priest and his fellow clergy that suffered persecution in the nazi consentration camps during WWII. Read more
Published on November 15, 2006 by Richard Jaurigui

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