Hannah Arendt
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2012-09-11
Runtime: 113 mins
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Spoken language: Deutsch, English, Français, עִבְרִית, Latin
Genres: Drama
Original title: Hannah Arendt
Production Companies: MACT Productions, Les Productions de l'Amour Fou, Heimatfilm, ARD
Production Countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg
Cast
Barbara Sukowa
Axel Milberg
Janet McTeer
Julia Jentsch
Nicholas Woodeson
Ulrich Noethen
Leila Schaus
Claire Johnston
Michael Degen
Friederike Becht
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Klaus Pohl
Gilbert Johnston
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