The Ninth Day (2004)

The Ninth Day (2004)

2004-11-11 Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg 98 Min. PG-13
6.3 20 votes

Overview

In World War II, after a period of living hell on Earth in the concentration camp of Dachau with other Catholic priests, Father Abbé Henri Kremer gets nine days’ leave to return to his hometown for his mother's funeral. During this period, the SS Gestapo lieutenant Gebhardt tries to persuade Henri, who was born into a silver-spooned and influential Luxembourgian family, to convince the local bishop to give up resisting the Germans and write a letter to the Vatican in the name of the Catholic Church of Luxembourg, convincing the Pope to support Hitler and the Nazi regime. The ambivalent Henri questions himself and the bishop about what he shall do. Loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Cast

Ulrich Matthes is Abbé Henri Kremer
Abbé Henri Kremer
August Diehl is Untersturmführer Gebhardt
Untersturmführer Gebhardt
Hilmar Thate is Bischof Philippe
Bischof Philippe
Bibiana Beglau is Marie Kremer
Marie Kremer
Germain Wagner is Roger Kremer
Roger Kremer
Jean-Paul Raths is Raymond Schmitt
Raymond Schmitt
Ivan Jiřík is Armando Bausch
Armando Bausch
Götz Burger is Generalvikar Gerard Mersch
Generalvikar Gerard Mersch
Michael König is Gauleiter Simon
Gauleiter Simon
Karel Dobrý is Raportführer Bertram
Raportführer Bertram
Adolf Filip is Professor Klimek (Kraków)
Professor Klimek (Kraków)
Petr Janiš is Pater Nansen
Pater Nansen