Film Festival Cologne | VERTEIDIGER DES GLAUBENS
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VERTEIDIGER DES GLAUBENS

CHRISTOPH RÖHL
Director: Christoph Röhl
Documentary FeatureD 201990'OmU
Trailer
Sunday, 13. Oct 2019, 15:00
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As pope Benedikt XVI. Joseph Ratzinger wanted to lead the Catholic church to old glory. Instead he presided over its worst crisis: The reports of rampant sexual abuse by the clergy inspired hardly any action from him. To understand the mind of this unconditional hardliner, documentary filmmaker Christoph Röhl reaches far into Ratzinger's past – but the really harrowing thing here are the witnesses' testimonies of how the church mishandled their clergy's crimes in both small and big ways.
 

Team present on Sunday, October 13th

Director
Christoph Röhl
Producers
Martin Heisler
Commissioning Editor
Udo Bremer, Rolf Bergmann
Cinematography
Julian Sarmiento G., Julia Weingarten
Editing
Martin Reimers
Music
Ali N. Askin
Sound
Sebastian Kleinloh, Fabio Fortunati
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