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Defender of the Faith (2019)

Defender of the Faith (2019)

Documentary
Release Date: 2019, October 31
Directors: Christoph Röhl
Countries: Germany
Production: Flare Film, EiE Film, RBB, ZDF, 3sat, Real Fiction
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein, Thomas P. Doyle, Archbishop Charles Scicluna

Overview:

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.