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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Der Neunte tag (The Ninth Day)2004 - Volker Schlöndorff

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Rating:
7.3/10 (593 votes)
Runtime: 98 min
Language: German | French With Hardcoded English Sub
Country: Germany | Luxembourg | Czech Republic
Color: Colour (Fujicolor)


Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast:
Ulrich Matthes ... Abbé Henri Kremer
August Diehl ... Untersturmführer Gebhardt
Hilmar Thate ... Bischof Philippe
Bibiana Beglau ... Marie Kremer
Germain Wagner ... Roger Kremer
Jean-Paul Raths ... Raymond Schmitt
Ivan Jirik ... Armando Bausch
Karel Hromadka ... Pater Laurant Koltz
Miroslav Sichmann ... Pater Marcel Bour
Adolf Filip ... Professor Klimek (Kraków)
Vladimir Fiser ... Bischof Kozal
Peter Varga ... Józef (Polish Inmate) (as Petr Varga)
Petr Janis ... Pater Nansen
Zdenek Pechácek ... Lagerführer
Vaclav Kratky ... SS-Mann

Description: 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 days leave to return to his home town for his mother's funeral. Along this period, the SS Gestapo lieutenant Gebhardt tries to persuade Henri, who was born in silver-spoon and member of an influent Luxembourgian family, to convince the local bishop to give-up resisting to the Germans and write a letter to the Vatican in the name of the Catholic Church of Luxemburg convincing the Pope to support Hitler and the Nazi regime. The ambivalent Henri questions himself and the bishop what he shall do.
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Among the many horrific accounts of the Nazi era, Constantine Costa-Garvas's Amen (2003) raised serious questions about the silence of the Vatican. The Ninth Day (Der neunte tag), directed by Volker Schlöbdorff, provides a partial answer to that silence. When the film begins, Abbé Henri Kremer (played by Ulrich Matthes) is at Dachau in the "priest's block," forced to engage in calisthenics and hard labor without adequate food or water while enduring sadistic treatment for his crime of collaborating with the resistance. On January 15, 1942, Kremer is released and sent back to his hometown, Luxembourg, because the clever Nazi official in charge has a plan. A faithful Catholic, Untersturmführer Gebhardt (played by August Diehl) decided some years earlier that he could make a difference if he joined the Nazi Party rather than becoming a priest, but his continuing Catholicism now places him in danger, as he may be reassigned to be a commandant of a concentration camp if his plan founders. Thus, he tells Kremer that the "discharge" from Dachau is actually a nine-day leave of absence to consider making an important statement; if Kremer will affirm that one can both be a Catholic and a Nazi by agreeing to the Nazi occupation, then dialog will open between Berlin and the Vatican and priests at Dachau will be released. Kremer now has eight days to decide about the Faustian pact. The film then subtitles each day in a macabre countdown. Kremer's first instinct is to contact his superior, the Archbishop Philippe of Luxembourg (played by Hilmar Thate), but the latter feigns illness and will not see him. Kremer's brother Roger (played by Germain Wagner) and friends offer to take him to Switzerland, but he demurs, and his sister Marie (played by Bibiana Beglau) thereby avoids arrest. On the seventh day, the Archbishop finally agrees to see Kremer but offers no advice. Saying that he has not left the cathedral since the Nazis took over, he informs Kremer of the reason for the Vatican's silence: As is well known, many Jews converted to Christianity in Holland. Early in the Nazi occupation of Holland, the converts were ordered deported to concentration camps, whereupon the Bishop of Utrecht objected; in response, not only were Dutch priests deported but some 20,000 Gentile Catholics as well. Meanwhile, Kremer's deadline approaches. If he believes Gebhardt, many may be saved, but Catholicism will be discredited for sure. A lengthy subtitle at the end points out that the deathrate among the many who were in the "priest's block" at Dachau was fifty percent. Although Kremer is a fictional person, Jean Bernard, one of the surviving priests of Dachau, wrote an account of the story that is fictionalized in The Ninth Day. The Political Films Society has nominated The Ninth Day as best film exposé and best film on human rights of 2005.

Awards for Neunte Tag, Der (2004)

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2006 Nominated Silver Condor Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)Volker Schlöndorff, Germany.

Biberach Film Festival
2004 Won Grand Prize Volker Schlöndorff

Camerimage
2004 Nominated Golden Frog Tomas Erhart

European Film Awards
2005 Nominated European Film Award Best Actor Ulrich Matthes

Fajr Film Festival
2005 Won Crystal Simorgh International Competition: Best Film Volker Schlöndorff

German Camera Award
2005 Nominated German Camera Award Feature Film (Kinospielfilm)Tomas Erhart

German Film Awards
2005 Won Film Award in Gold Best Production Design (Bestes Szenenbild)Ari Hantke
Nominated Film Award in Gold Best Direction (Beste Regie)Volker Schlöndorff
Best Editing (Bester Schnitt)Peter R. Adam
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)August Diehl
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)Ulrich Matthes
Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)Eberhard Görner,Andreas Pflüger
Best Sound (Beste Tongestaltung)Hubert Bartholomae,Gunnar Voigt
Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)Jürgen Haase

Mar del Plata Film Festival
2005 Nominated Best Film Volker Schlöndorff

Munich Film Festival
2004 Won Bernhard Wicki Film Award Volker Schlöndorff

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