The Ninth Day

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The Ninth Day
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Written by	Eberhard Görner Andreas Pflüger
Produced by	Jürgen Haase Wolfgang Plehn Jean-Claude Schlim
Starring	Ulrich Matthes August Diehl Bibiana Beglau
Distributed by	Kino International
Release date	11 November 2004 (2004-11-11) (Germany)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Germany Luxembourg Czech Republic
Language	German

The Ninth Day is a 2004 German historical drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Ulrich Matthes and August Diehl.^[1] 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 (1907–1994), which was translated into English by Deborah Lucas Schneider as Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau (ISBN 978-0972598170).