The Ninth Day

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The Ninth Day
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Produced by Jürgen Haase
Wolfgang Plehn
Jean-Claude Schlim
Written by Eberhard Görner
Andreas Pflüger
Starring Ulrich Matthes
August Diehl
Bibiana Beglau
Distributed by Kino International
Release date(s) May 27, 2005
Running time 90 min.
Language German
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The Ninth Day is a German film, made in 2004 and directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It was released by Kino International.

The film is about a Catholic priest from Luxembourg who is imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp, but released for nine days. The story is based on a portion of Pfarrerblock 25487 (ISBN 2-87963-286-2), the diary of Father Jean Bernard (19071994).

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