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Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Her ideas changed the world

20126.91h 53m

Overview

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.

Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Written by Margarethe von Trotta, Pamela Katz
Produced by Bettina Brokemper, Johannes Rexin
Box Office0Revenue: $717K

Top Cast

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Hannah Arendt

Axel Milberg

Axel Milberg

Heinrich Blücher

Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Mary McCarthy

Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch

Lotte Köhler

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

William Shawn

Ulrich Noethen

Ulrich Noethen

Hans Jonas

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Leila Schaus

Laureen

Claire Johnston

Claire Johnston

Ms Serkin

Michael Degen

Michael Degen

Kurt Blumenfeld

Friederike Becht

Friederike Becht

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Themes & Keywords

naziholocaust (shoah)jerusalembiographytrialmagazinewoman directoradolf eichmann's trialphilosopher

About Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of nazi, holocaust (shoah), jerusalem, biography, trial, magazine. Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, it stars Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer. 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.

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