Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

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Hannah Arendt

"Her ideas changed the world"

2012

1h 53m

6.9(280 votes)

Drama

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.

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MACT Productions

Heimatfilm

ARD

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

Barbara Sukowa

Hannah Arendt

Barbara Sukowa

Acting

Axel Milberg

Heinrich Blücher

Axel Milberg

Acting

Janet McTeer

Mary McCarthy

Janet McTeer

Acting

Julia Jentsch

Lotte Köhler

Julia Jentsch

Acting

Nicholas Woodeson

William Shawn

Nicholas Woodeson

Acting

Ulrich Noethen

Hans Jonas

Ulrich Noethen

Acting

Leila Schaus

Laureen

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Acting

Claire Johnston

Ms Serkin

Claire Johnston

Acting

Michael Degen

Kurt Blumenfeld

Michael Degen

Acting

Friederike Becht

Young Hannah Arendt

Friederike Becht

Acting

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Charlotte Beradt

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Acting

Klaus Pohl

Martin Heidegger

Klaus Pohl

Acting

Gilbert Johnston

Professor Kahn

Gilbert Johnston

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