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Hannah Arendt
2012
Synopsis
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…
Editorial
German luminary Margarethe von Trotta depicts one of the 20th century’s most important philosophers in this gripping biopic. The film focuses on Hannah Arendt’s cover of the Eichmann trial and the controversy surrounding her theory on the banality of evil, while using real footage from the hearing.
