The Ninth Day Page #5

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


Just as the wonderful article

which against law of race.

Sorry, Henry.

Go ahead, I wait here.

We just excrete only once one day

in the concentration camp and finish

it in one minute, if we don't finish it

he will face the menace of death.

Doctor is the best of us,

he can finish it in just 10 sec.

Why didn't you go to Switzerland?

We can help you.

Raymond knew a guy of Germany Railroad,

please try it.

You knew some friends of Bodensee

so you can hide over there for some days

and you can swim to the other bank

so that's Switzerland.

I am sorry to bother so earlier

is the father Kremer here? - Yes.

Henry, do you think

I am a bad man, right?

No

But a caitiff?

Somtimes people have

no choice except recreance.

Trust me, I knew it.

I have been always asking myself

since you are back, why...

You can bring me courage?

But not anyone can do this.

You should be around of exarch. You have

responsibility of the whole church of Luxemburg.

I have no power to criticize you.

Cardinal is waiting for us.

I have family too.

Somtimes I will consider them

more than church.

Me too.

Father, glad to see you.

Glad to see you too.

You look good, that's great.

Now, there are some problems of diplomatism.

Come here, father, sit down.

Sir, I am in a rough situation

I must make a decision.

Mersch has told me,

I have nothing to suggest

but as a father you must know

in the soup,

people should defer conscience.

So, please defer vocation

of conscience, believe god,

let holy belief help you.

Please forgive me, but I have asked

my conscience for million times

I asked for god, but I got nothing.

I come here with full of hope.

Sir, I need your help.

You reject my suggestion?

- Please try to understand me!

My brother of concentration camp was killed on the

cross. It's true! There is a cross on their back.

There is no god in that place

where I came from.

I have never been off this house,

since being occupied by Germany.

I have never had conversation with the

chief of staff of the occupied army.

Yes, I made the jow of church loud

all of Luxemburg knew the reason.

The spirit of god

spread everywhere.

Maybe the spirit of god fill with...

- Father...

I don't want to know

what Gebhardt ask you do.

You are imposed by him

but if you have any doubt

of church...

I have never been suspicious of church

but I suspect god sometimes.

Do you know every thing

happened in Holland?

Nazi killed

all Christian of non-Aryan.

Dejong, the local cardinal give up.

He published a cardinal announce

all Christian of non-Aryan in that area

were killed more than 40000 people

What do you think

what did Papacy do?

Just one cardinal announce

kill 40000 people.

How did it work for your demurral?

But I should...

Should I become Judas?

Is this Gebhardt ask you do?

Yes.

There is something you don't know.

I should not tell you there.

Gebhardt made me get into

a big puzzledom of conscience.

Really?

He used work in a concentration camp

in east, he said that's for democracy.

When I asked him what did he do,

he answered,

nothing, but I knew it.

No! No! Stop.

I am so glad, everyone has

the good rhythm today, right?

If there is a litter flute

that will be better.

Gebhardt...

You deal with it.

Come on.

How about it?

The people who believe god believe that Jesus

is righteous, so he has to do it, hasn't he?

It seems that you suspect god

more than me, father.

Here you are.

Father, you are a smart guy.

You save your life

and save your family's too.

You also save all priests' lives

of Luxemburg's church.

I always ask during the period, why choose me,

why not choose the chief of main deanery.

You yourself also say

he is a smart guy.

But...

he lacks something.

He never comes into

concentration camp.

How does he know the suffer

in the concentration camp?

Behind the evil?

What do you see in the

east concentration camp?

Prisoner 25639,

Henry Kremer.

I come back.

Get out.

Henry Kremer is name that

really lived among other things.

Several thousand priestess from every country

like him were put in the concentration camp

of Dachau during World War II...

...half of them died. Kremer belonged

to them, that escaped the death.

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