Der neunte Tag (2004)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Volker Schlöndorff

Writers:

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

Release Date:

11 novembre 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Drame | War

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Bishop | Gestapo | Catholic Church | Letter | Concentration Camp

Awards:

5 wins & 12 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Please go watch it - this is no Catholic propaganda movie

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
Marcel Svidrman	...	Gestapomann (with Gebhardt)
Karel Dobry	...	Raportführer Bertram
Götz Burger	...	Generalvikar Gerard Mersch
Michael König	...	Gauleiter Simon
Vladimir Gut	...	Kapo in Kleiderablage

Réalisé par
Volker Schlöndorff

Scénaristes
Jean Bernard		(memoir "Pfarrerblock 25487")
Eberhard Görner		screenplay
Andreas Pflüger		screenplay

Produit par
Jürgen Haase	....	producer
Jakob Hausmann	....	producer
Wolfgang Plehn	....	executive producer
Milos Remen	....	executive producer
Jean-Claude Schlim	....	line producer: Luxembourg
Jean Vanolst	....	executive producer
Benigna von Keyserlingk	....	producer

Musique originale
Alfred Shnitke		(as Alfred Schnittke)

Image
Tomas Erhart		(director of photography)

Montage
Peter R. Adam

Distribution des rôles
Ulrike Haase

Création des décors
Ari Hantke

Création des costumes
Jarmila Konecná

Maquillage
Katka Horska	....	assistant makeup artist
Juraj Steiner	....	makeup artist
Tatiana Steinerova	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Franziska An der Gassen	....	unit manager (as Franziska-Marie Reinhardt)
Dirk Ehmen	....	production manager
Ivan Filus	....	production manager
Philip James Morgan	....	unit manager
Cornelia Schacht	....	assistant production chief
Jean-Claude Schlim	....	production manager
Jan Seidl	....	unit manager
Stephane Wasila	....	assistant unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Michaela Strnadova	....	first assistant director
Irene Weigel	....	assistant director

Art Department
Klaus Bienen	....	construction coordinator
François Dickes	....	assistant art director
Olivier Printz	....	picture car coordinator: Luxembourg

Technicien du son
Hubert Bartholomae	....	sound mixer
Pit Kuhlmann	....	sound designer
Andreas Musolff	....	sound editor
Philipp Sellier	....	foley editor
Gunnar Voigt	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Karsten Danch	....	assistant camera
Anngret Plehn	....	still photographer

Divers
Franziska An der Gassen	....	location manager (as Franziska-Marie Reinhardt)
Patrick Hoffmann	....	production coordinator: Luxembourg
Dana Joas	....	script supervisor
Claude Ludovicy	....	location consultant
Jarka Rezniková	....	production secretary
Stephane Wasila	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Provobis Film
• Videopress S.A.
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• BeltFilm
• ARTE

Distributors

• Progress Film-Verleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 791 Cine (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Kino International (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Kino Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Bontonfilm (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Film & Television Facilities  facility vehicles
• Location Consulting & Facilities  facilities vehicles
• Location Consulting & Facilities  location consulting

Autre(s) titre(s):

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

Durée:

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

Pays:

Germany | Luxembourg | Czech Republic

Langue:

Allemand | Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

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

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Germany

Company:

Provobis Film

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Although the film takes place in January 1942, the bishop mentions the deportations of Dutch Jews, which began in July 1942.

Soundtrack:

Frauen sind keine Engel

Please go watch it - this is no Catholic propaganda movie

This movie has been unduly panned by IMDb critics as being Catholic propaganda, when there is hardly any. It's actually an exploration of questions on faith and morality, viewed from the perspective of Rev. Henri Kremer, a priest who has been "on leave" from Dachau to convince the Bishop of Luxemburg to support Nazism, who has been a silent opponent all throughout. At one point the film even mentions that the Pope however congratulated Hitler on his birthday - that clearly indicates the acquiescence of the Catholic world - to me that's quite the opposite of propaganda.

**** SOME SPOILERS AHEAD **** The movie chronicles each of the 9 days that Rev. Kremer is allowed, and his conversations with Gestapo officer Gebhardt. When Kremer fails to convince the Bishop, he is persuaded to write a memo himself, given his own respectability due to his family status. In return he can have all the priests in Dachau released. Kremer at one point thinks he is being like Judas betraying the Christian cause (also to be noted that his personal cash upon release amounted to 30 marks), which Gebhardt, a former theology student himself, argues is a necessary evil, because without Judas there would be no martyrdom of Christ, and hence no Christianity. Rev. Kremer also learns that by giving Nazi policies the official blessing of Catholicism, he can be responsible for the deportation of thousands - although some 40 priests could be let go from Dachau. The resulting dilemma of Kremer dominates the movie.

Ulrich Matthes is very convincing in the role of Kremer with his sunken cheeks and eyes, and watch the young actor August Diehl in the role of Untersturmfuehrer Gebhardt.