HANNAH ARENDT is 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.
Genre: Drama
Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Woodeson
Directed & Produced by: Bettina Böhler, Volker Schäfer, Frauke Firl, Margarethe von Trotta, Margarethe von Trotta
Release date: 9/11/2012
Running time: 113 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10 by 160 users