SummaryThe agonizing tale, based on a true story, of a young Catholic Priest who is incarcerated in the Dachau concentration camp.
Directed By:Volker Schlöndorff
Written By:Jean Bernard, Eberhard Görner, Andreas Pflüger
The Ninth Day
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63% Positive
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100
This is moviemaking on the highest dramatic, psychological, and moral plane.
80
It's important for the film to establish the concentration camp as a hell on earth from the start, but Schlöndorff has more in mind than creating another reminder of the inhumanity of fascism.
80
A thoughtfully written drama of ideas with vivid performances by August Diehl and Ulrich Matthes.
70
Succeeds in illuminating an almost unimaginably dark story.
60
A grim meditation on faith and betrayal that focuses on a relatively obscure corner of Holocaust history: the fate of the Catholic clergy under the Third Reich.
50
Earnest but ambling drama.
50
The film is thought-provoking but not terribly involving.
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Production Company:
- Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen
- Videopress S.A.
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- BeltFilm
- ARTE
Release Date:May 27, 2005
Duration:1 h 38 m
Tagline:No one can save them.
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Awards
German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Fajr Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Munich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
