Hannah Arendt (2012)

Her ideas changed the world

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.

Key facts

Released:
2012-09-11
Runtime:
113 min
Genres:
Drama
Director:
Margarethe von Trotta
Top cast:
Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Woodeson, Ulrich Noethen
Original language:
DE
TMDB rating:
6.9/10 from 289 votes
Bynge Score:
6.7/10

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