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The Ninth Day

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6.8105average critics score, out of 1020041h 37m

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Father Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes) is a Roman Catholic dissenter from Luxembourg imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp. When Kremer is granted a nine-day furlough by Nazi officer Gebhardt (August Diehl), he becomes entangled in an ethical dilemma. Gebhardt instructs him to convince Luxembourg's bishop to cease all anti-Nazi rhetoric and accept a collaborationist stance. If this happens, Kremer will be released. As the ninth day approaches, Kremer struggles to overcome his moral paralysis.

Directed by:

Volker Schlöndorff