
LotharKönigisanoriginal.Thelong-termyouthpastorfromJenadoesn’tfitintoanysystem.IntheGDRhewasunderstatesurveillance,afterreunificationhewasoneofthemosttirelesswarningvoicesagainstthegrowingright-wingradicalism.Tothisday,hetakestothebarricadesagainsttheextremeright,oftenonthefrontline.Nevertheless,thisfilmportraitbyhissonTilmanisnotanhomagebutacriticaltributetoanoutspokencharacterforcedbyretirementtore-inventhimself.<br/> PastorKönigisnotonlyregardedasoneofthefigureheadsoftheleft-wingscenethatorganisespunkconcerts,ralliesandfootballtournamentswithyoungrefugees.Healsohasareputationasafairlychallengingpersonality.TilmanKönigshowshisfatheronlymarginallyinhisroleasachurchofficial.Mostofall,heintroducesamanwhocanbecourageousanddetermined,butalsostubbornandunfair.Hisfilmisenjoyablyinterestedaboveallinthehereandnowofthisman,thethingsthatLotharstillhastocometotermswith.Howwillhemanagethetransitiontoretirementafterarestlesslifebetweencommunityworkandpoliticalactivism?Howcantheoldrhetoricalwarhorseholdhisownamongpeoplewhoreallyagreewithhimbutseemtomoveawayfromhiminthought,speechandaction?Theborder-crosserisenteringunknownterrain.