The Ninth Day

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Director(s): Volker Schlöndorff
Production: Kino International
  5 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
NOT RATED
Year:
2004
98 min
54 Views


Walk! Walk! Don't stop!

Hurry!

Hurry up, don't stop!

Jesus bless you

Forever and ever! Amen!

- Going down to hell with your egg-frying pan!

Hurry up! Faster! Faster!

A bit Faster! Hurry up!

Your! Keep Walking!

Kremer, Kremer!

Here, take it!

We were lying at Madagascar,

got infected with the plague

At there, we pray with Latin

Everything is soaked by the water,

everyday there is one man passed away

Hey! Hi! My Friends...

The priest pray with Latin

When captain yelled, yes,

the sailors quiet down immediately

Because everyone missed

their hometown

The hometown they dream

to see once again.

Attention! Bertram is here

Keep singing

We were lying at Madagascar,

got infected with the plague

Everything is soaked by the water,

everyday there is one man passed away

My Friends...

Please take care, young lady

Take care, take care!

When captain yelled, yes,

the sailors quiet down immediately

Come on!

Come here, you poland priest pig

Can't you be more elegant

when singing Deutsch songs?

Looks like I have to teach you the

tempo sense, start from beginning...

We were lying at Madagascar,

got infected with the plague

Everything is soaked by the water,

everyday there is one man passed away

It's you again, you arrogant man!

The priest with egg-frying pan

I ordered, sing!

Sing quickly!

Go, hurry! Move on!

Stupid, listen to the order!

God write down secrets with symbols

We expose it to the world

The sacrifice of Jesus

is because our sin

He devoted everything by his death

The blood of Jesus...

Do you really believe the God exists?

Where is he?

You see it around here?

Pull him up!

In the Jesus blood, we found...

the best way to escape

from depression

The goddes Maria breeds us

Jesus lets human with equal status

He came to search, what we lost...

Who kept singing,

who's the next to be hanged!

...Jesus

Promised with swear:

no matter when I'll always be with you

Is this your mother?

You're so lucky,

I never seen my mother

how long have you been here?

I can't remember

Follow up! Hurry! Hurry!

Keep the pace the same!

Hurry switch over! Left, right...

Left... left... left...

Hurry! Left... left...

No. 25639

Go, follow me!

Go Now!

Get out of here

Walking so slow!

Be quick!

Come here, come here!

You priest pig!

Please sign!

How much in total?

It's enough for the trip

to Luxembourg isn't it?

You're freed.

Have a nice trip!

Pig priest.

Luxembourg, Sunday, January 15, 1942

Mr. Kremer?

Please step into the car!

Welcome to Luxembourg!

Please allow me to introduce myself

Nazi charging leader, Gebhardt.

You want go back with your family?

Saarbrcken street, thanks.

Please come to Pual's casttle tomorrow morning

at 10 we're going to discuss the topic

we will both feel interesting

Thank you, I'll pray for you.

- Mr. Kremer...

I hope you can arrive on time tomorrow!

Henry!

Henry...

Oh my god!

How do you find us?

We're knocked out of our own home

it's been occupied by Nazi

Henry!

Roger...

Raymond

Hurry, sit down!

Where is your mother?

No one told you?

Our mother has passed away

These shoes are too small

but how about this?

Credentials!

I'm here for Mr. Gebhardt

Upstair, turn left

Luxembourg Civil Law administration

Charging Leader Gebhardt office

I'm very sorry, he is in the interrogation

hello, Mr. Kremer

Priest!

Priest Kremer

Ok, please come in!

Hellow, Mr. Kremer

So, you don't want to

take off your overcoat?

Good morning.

Have you took enough rest

before coming back?

I'm truely sorry about

your mother passed away

She has been here a lot before

and she speaks a lot for you...

Yes, Please put the call through

to prison camp commander Mr. Dachau

Dear Mother, I'm here,

and getting used here

To this naughty camp life

I can only answer: Yes

and will soon be a pig of the prison camp,

can't look back, can't have sympathy to others

can only dump into it,

living under darkness silently

This is the last letter for you in the

prison camp - what do you mean?

Why men become the pig

of this prison camp?

Long live, Hitler...

Yes, thank you.

This thing is about

the prison 25639.

No, he has arrived but very sad,

there is a big mistake

Mr. Kremer is not freed,

he just got the vacation

yes, 9 days precisely

and only one rule:

if Mr. Kremer tries to escape

all the prisoned priest in Luxembourg

will be executed death without exception

Long live! Hitler!

Very sorry, this is

the order from the boss

besides, I do not totally agree

to their decision

I think you should be thankful that

I give you this vacation.

I think, I should give you this chance

for you to say goodbye

with your monther

please sit

Because your action opposed German

you're arrested at the French boundary

Please smoke! You had been

working for French government

joined the "French Luxembourg Mission"

which is against the third Empire...

and try to destory the German construction

in Luxembourg isn't it?

Mr. Kremer

You're a very good speaker

this is seen from your

anti-racism speech

Of course you have your reason!

Jesus is also Jewish

But the Jewish keep

depressing themselves

If allowable, I'll start from the story

long time ago, for all these we have

to thank for the Jesus Christ

Because of him,

we know what we have to be aware of

To us,

we have to be aware of Jewish

Even if only myself to defend the Jewish,

I will fight for the Jesus's bible

Don't you want one?

Oh, yes

Here, have a chocolate,

this you can't resist!

You skiped!

Absolutely not! You did!

You're too slow...

but now I jumped over!

What? is he on time?

On time for a few minutes

People can speak to the priest of what they want

because they have principals,

you should not under estimate him

He is relied by the Vatican,

there must be some reason. - Yes

He is the Cardinal's famous person,

his family is also very well known

The whole Vatican is a big house, and

Luxembourg is just a brick of a damaged house

if we take off the brick,

the walls will fall

But what if Kremer escape?

- He won't!

He is very clear, what would

this bring to his brothers

but will he cooperate with us? - Province

Political Party Leader, there is rumor saying...

the Pope will be soon deciding

the action to the Jewish problem

We should be prepared. The Pope will still come

to congratulate our Leader's birthday every year

and call him the

"Most respectable Mr. Hitler"

Right now he criticize the allize force

to the German's attack

I have no complain to the Vatican,

the Holy See at least for now...

I hope to get the report

everyday goodbye!

Mr. Charging Leader

You're a powerful person

but if your plan failed, even if you

have good relationships with

the top couldn't help you at all

We need a lot of talented people

for the East Prison camp

Oh, I remembered.

You were there before.

If this is a vacation, are you

going back to the Dachau's camp?

People have to stay

at their position...

stay where he belongs to,

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