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Hannah Arendt (2012)

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Her ideas changed the world

HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a furious scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré also struggles to suppress her own painful associations with the past, the film exposes her beguiling blend of arrogance and vulnerability — revealing a soul defined and derailed by exile.

Cast & Crew

Director
Margarethe von Trotta
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    Hannah Arendt Barbara Sukowa
  • Profile picture of Axel Milberg
    Heinrich Blücher Axel Milberg
  • Profile picture of Janet McTeer
    Mary McCarthy Janet McTeer
  • Profile picture of Julia Jentsch
    Lotte Köhler Julia Jentsch
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Woodeson
    William Shawn Nicholas Woodeson
  • Profile picture of Ulrich Noethen
    Hans Jonas Ulrich Noethen
  • Profile picture of Claire Johnston
    Ms Serkin Claire Johnston
  • Profile picture of Michael Degen
    Kurt Blumenfeld Michael Degen

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Keywords

  • nazi
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • jerusalem
  • biography
  • trial
  • magazine
  • woman director
  • adolf eichmann's trial
  • philosopher