How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church (2022)
125 employees of the Catholic Church come out as queer! In the exclusive ARD documentary, believers in the service of the Catholic Church in Germany dare to go public together. People who identify as non-heterosexual talk about fighting for their church - sometimes at the risk of losing their jobs as a result. There are priests, religious brothers, parish assistants, diocese employees, religion teachers, kindergarten teachers, social workers and many more who report intimidation, denunciations, deep injuries, decades of hide and seek and double lives. The Catholics report a system in which pressure, fear and arbitrariness leave employees uncertain as to what exactly happens when they stand by their sexual orientation or identity. The investigative documentary listens to those who live their faith every day and are nevertheless degraded by the church as an institution.
Directors: Katharina Kühn, Marc Rosenthal, Hajo Seppelt, Peter Wozny.
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Ralf Klein as Self - Interviewee |
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Carla Bieling as Self - Interviewee |
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Theo Schenkel as Self - Interviewee |
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Monika Schmelter as Self - Interviewee |
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Marie Kortenbusch as Self - Interviewee |
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Rainer Teuber as Self - Interviewee |
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Helmut Dieser as Self - Interviewee |
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Thomas Schüller as Self - Interviewee |
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Marco Politi as Self - Interviewee |
| Directing | Katharina Kühn | Director |
| Writing | Peter Wozny | Writer |
| Directing | Marc Rosenthal | Director |
| Crew | Ute Beutler | Commissioning Editor |
| Sound | Chris Walden | Music |
| Writing | Marc Rosenthal | Writer |
| Writing | Katharina Kühn | Writer |
| Directing | Hajo Seppelt | Director |
| Writing | Hajo Seppelt | Writer |
| Directing | Peter Wozny | Director |
| Production | Sabrina Freese | Producer |
| Production | Günter Thimm | Producer |
| Crew | Esther Saoub | Commissioning Editor |
| Sound | Toni Gräfe | Sound |
| Production | Ulf Ullrich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Tim Heinrich | Music |
| Editing | Alexander Fisch | Supervising Editor |
| Camera | Michael Heinz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Annika Heisel | Editor |
| Sound | Kai Hesselbarth | Sound |
| Camera | Frank Gutsche | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Markus Glunz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Katharina Schiele | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Kathrin Becker | Commissioning Editor |
| Editing | Matthias Semmler | Editor |
| Crew | Ulrike Bieritz | Commissioning Editor |
| Camera | Peter Wozny | Director of Photography |
