Der neunte Tag (2004)

Réalisateur:

Volker Schlöndorff

Scénaristes:

Jean Bernard (memoir "Pfarrerblock 25487") and
Eberhard Görner (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

11 novembre 2004 (Allemagne)

Genre:

Drame | Guerre

Intrigue:

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Plot Keywords:

Bishop | Gestapo | Catholic Church | Letter | Concentration Camp

Récompenses:

5 wins & 12 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Switching uniforms

Ensemble

Ulrich Matthes	...	Abbé Henri Kremer
August Diehl	...	Untersturmführer Gebhardt
Hilmar Thate	...	Bischof Philippe
Bibiana Beglau	...	Marie Kremer
Germain Wagner	...	Roger Kremer
Jean-Paul Raths	...	Raymond Schmitt
Ivan Jirík	...	Armando Bausch
Karel Hromadka	...	Pater Laurant Koltz
Miroslav Sichmann	...	Pater Marcel Bour
Adolf Filip	...	Professor Klimek (Kraków)
Vladimir Fiser	...	Bischof Kozal
Peter Varga	...	Józef (Polish Inmate) (as Petr Varga)
Petr Janis	...	Pater Nansen
Zdenek Pechácek	...	Lagerführer
Vaclav Kratky	...	SS-Mann

Autre(s) titre(s):

Devátý den (Czech Republic)
Le neuvième jour (Luxembourg: French title)
Pfarrerblock (Germany) (working title)
The Ninth Day (International: English title)

Durée:

98 min | Argentina:98 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Pays:

Allemagne | Luxembourg | Czech Republic

Langue:

Allemand | Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Fujicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Hungary:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Germany:12

Lieux de tournage:

Germany

Société:

Provobis Film

Goofs:

Anachronismes: While their fellow-prisoner is being crucified, the priests are singing the hymn "Pange, lingua, gloriosi" by Thomas Aquinas (1264). However, they are singing a German version of this song, which was not in use before 1969. In addition, even if they happened to know a German version, it would be more likely for them to sing the original Latin version, as there were priests from all over Europe imprisoned in this block.

Bande son:

Frauen sind keine Engel

Switching uniforms

The basic idea of this film is rather interesting. There was a catholic priest from Luxembourg imprisoned in the concentration camp Dachau during the Second Word War. He wrote a diary describing daily camp life. But for 9 days he is allowed to get back to his family for the funeral of his mother. It is known that he is interrogated by the GESTAPO. But he does not tell anything about it in his diary. So the film fills the historic gap with some fiction. We are told the story of a young Nazi official who tries to convince the priest to get his bishop to stop his passive resistance. So far so good. Quite conceivable that this actually happened. But. The whole thing is just not believable. The dialogs are weak, so far as there are dialogs at all. Most of the time Uli Matthes, who is supposedly one of the best German actors, is silent. You just see his face with an expression that you can put anything into. That of course is impressive. But it is not acting. We are told that he is brilliant, but it is never shown. He just has switched uniforms. He recently played Goebbels in the Downfall. What I had expected was some real intellectual argument between the Nazi guy and a catholic intellectual. There is next to nothing of it. Some argument about Judas but it is never clear what this is supposed to proof. There is never a moment of doubt about the outcome of the "intellectual battle". And because of this the film is a failure. Very good music, though and some good scenes of the concentration camp life.