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Content: As Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger wanted to lead the Church back to its former strength, but instead he plunged it into a deep crisis. He reacted largely inactive to the revelations of multiple cases of abuse by clergy. In order to understand the thinking of this unconditional hardliner, documentary filmmaker Christoph Röhl delves deep into Ratzinger's past - but what really leaves us speechless are the testimonies of how the church, on a large and small scale, dealt with the crimes of its priests.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

92 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Christoph Röhl

Production companies:

Flare Film,

EiE Film,

RBB,

ZDF,

3sat,

Real Fiction

Actors:

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Producer

Director

Editor

Writer

Co-Producer