Pastor Lothar Stops

Pastor Lothar Stops

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 18, 2022

Lothar König is an original. The long-term youth pastor from Jena doesn’t fit into any system. In the GDR he was under state surveillance, after reunification he was one of the most tireless warning voices against the growing right-wing radicalism. To this day, he takes to the barricades against the extreme right, often on the frontline. Nevertheless, this film portrait by his son Tilman is not an homage but a critical tribute to an outspoken character forced by retirement to re-invent himself.

Pastor Lothar Stops

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 18, 2022

Pastor Lothar Stops
Lothar König is an original. The long-term youth pastor from Jena doesn’t fit into any system. In the GDR he was under state surveillance, after reunification he was one of the most tireless warning voices against the growing right-wing radicalism. To this day, he takes to the barricades against the extreme right, often on the frontline. Nevertheless, this film portrait by his son Tilman is not an homage but a critical tribute to an outspoken character forced by retirement to re-invent himself.
Producers Bioskop-Film GmbH, 2Könige Filmproduktion
Original title König hört auf
Directors Tilman König
Writers

Cast

Lothar König

as himself