- Summary
- A biopic of Hannah Arendt, the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker, controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils, introduced her now-famous concept of the "Banality of Evil." Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, the director von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive, dramatic cinema. An Official Selection at the Toronto International and New York Jewish Film Festivals, Hannah Arendt also co-stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher Martin Heidegger, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) as novelist Mary McCarthy--adapted from the from Zeitgeist Films web page.
- Format
- Online resource
- Published
- New York : Zeitgeist Films, [2012]
- Locale
- Germany
- Other Authors/Editors
- Trotta, Margarethe von. director, screenwriter.
Katz, Pamela. screenwriter.
Brokemper, Bettina. producer.
Rexin, Johannes. producer.
Sukowa, Barbara, 1950- actor.
Milberg, Axel. actor.
McTeer, Janet. actor.
Woodeson, Nicholas. actor.
Jentsch, Julia, 1978- actor.
Pohl, Klaus, 1952- actor.
Heimatfilm (Firm), producer.
Zeitgeist Films. producer.
- Notes
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; editor, Bettina Böhler ; music, André Mergenthaler.
Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Nicolas Woodeson, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen, Klaus Pohl.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English, and German with English subtitles.
Description based on DVD version; title from title frames (viewed Sept. 16, 2013).
