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Posted: Jan 30 2006 at 6:06pm | IP Logged Quote Victoria in AZ
I'd like to recommend the movie THE NINTH DAY about a Roman Catholic priest in a Nazi concentration camp with an entire cell block of priests. The movie is based on the priest's journal and is a true story.

This movie would be for very mature teens and above. I am still haunted by a scene of a mock crucifixion.

A full review (by a Catholic reviewer) can be found at
http://stevendgreydanus.com/sections/reviews/1625

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Posted: Jan 30 2006 at 6:45pm | IP Logged Quote Rachel May
Wow! It sounds great, but a little scary. Thanks for the rec!

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Victoria,

Thanks for the links. We ordered the film. I think it will really tie in with what we are studying. Besides WWII, Communism and Nazism and those time periods were what initially enticed me to study history in college. I think it was because I could identify with suffering people - and suddenly history was about real people. Maybe this will help our dd (the 18 yo - not any of the others yet as this film is sure to be intense!)as well. History is still her least favorite subject - tied with science. (Or is it just that I want the excuse to watch the film and talk about it with someone?

You wouldn't happen to know the name of a good, relatively accurate film about the rise of communism would you?

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Posted: Feb 05 2006 at 8:25am | IP Logged Quote jdostalik
Janet,
If you're interested in the rise of communism and the effect on the Catholic church and another priest, you might be interested in the life of Walter Ciszek, S.J. . He was a Eastern Rite priest (whose cause for canonization is being promoted) and was a prisoner in Soviet camps for 23 years. I read one of his books, With God in Russia, and am planning to read his other book, He Leadeth Me. His life and the historical times he lived in are very compelling reading...

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Janet, sorry I don't know of a film about the rise of communism. There is a film with Russian history, but it's difficult for teens because it's subtitled and relatively old. The film is Andrei Rublev and charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history... It was communism in Russia that tried to squash the making of this movie, though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/

Jennifer, thanks for the info on Fr. Ciszek. His story looks amazing. Wow, that the will of God is before our noses every day. Excellent.

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