The Ninth Day (Der neunte Tag) 2005

The Ninth Day

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Fueled by tension-filled performances and dialogue, this Holocaust film brings up morally ambiguous, thought-provoking issues.

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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 (August Diehl), he becomes entangled in an ethical dilemma. Gebhardt instructs him to convince Luxembourg's bishop to cease all anti-Nazi rhetoric and accept a collaborationist stance. If this happens, Kremer will be released. As the ninth day approaches, Kremer struggles to overcome his moral paralysis.
  • Genre:
    war, drama
  • Original Language:
    French (Canada)
  • Director:
    Volker Schlöndorff
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $72.9K
  • Runtime:

Cast & Crew

Ulrich Matthes
Abbé Henri Kremer
August Diehl
Untersturmführer Gebhardt
Germain Wagner
Roger Kremer
Bibiana Beglau
Marie Kremer
Jean-Paul Raths
Raymond Schmitt
Ivan Jirik
Armando Bausch
Karel Hromadka
Pater Laurant Koltz
Adolf Filip
Professor Klimek
Vladimir Fiser
Bischof Kozal
Petr Varga
Józef
Wolfgang Plehn
Executive Producer
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
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  • Jun 05, 2013
    A fabulous build up to a day when a priest must decide whether or not to be a collaborator for the Nazi regime or to go to death by opposing it. The tension builds towards the eventful day and the choice is not foreshadowed.
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