Films by Julia Weingarten

Germany 2019, 89 min
by Christoph Röhl

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH tells the story of a man who has dedicated his life to preserving the Church but instead led it into its greatest crisis: Joseph Ratzinger, the German Pope Benedict XVI. During his 30 years working within the Vatican he was the key figure in restoring fundamental Catholic doctrine after a brief period of modernization in the 1960s. The interview partners, who have all worked within the clerical system, describe how Ratzinger's policies contributed to the dramatic loss of mo

Germany 2010, 71 min
by Julia Weingarten

In the province of Quảng Trị - the once bitterly embattled front of the Vietnam War - the young soldier Bảy and 40 of his fellow recruits search for mines and bombs which caused devastation more than 30 years ago and do their damage to this day. On the harsh threshold between the youthful lust for adventure and the responsibilities of a soldier, friends have been made inside the military camp, where they share their anxieties, dreams and longings.