Jakob, Dominik and Oliver are best friends, they play soccer and work as priests. They are united in their belief that the catholic church can make the world a better place. But when Dominik is confronted with allegations that he abused a boy, Jakob's world collapses. Torn between his beliefs and the friendship to Dominik, he's committed to finding the truth.
Acting
Blomberg's trembling restraint as Jakob crumbles silently.
Direction
Schneider lets silence scream louder than any sermon.
Production
Cramped rectory spaces that suffocate with respectability.
Director
Gerd Schneider
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid Germany's 2010s reckoning with Catholic abuse scandals, it mirrors real church investigations that rocked Munich and Freiburg.
Schneider cast actual theology students as extras; their discomfort in clerical scenes is genuine documentary texture.
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