The sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, Rosa Luxemburg, Marianne and Juliane) for her brilliant new biopic of Hannah Arendt, the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Sukowa gives a mesmerizing, unforgettable performance in this thought-provoking drama. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann for 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, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible passion for thought into dramatic, engrossing cinema. Hannah Arendt also stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher and one-time lover Martin Heidegger, Axel Milberg as Hannah's loving but concerned husband, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) as her friend, novelist Mary McCarthy. (Partially subtitled)
The sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, Rosa Luxemburg, Marianne and Juliane) for her brilliant new biopic of Hannah Arendt, the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Sukowa gives a mesmerizing, unforgettable performance in this thought-provoking drama. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann for 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, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible passion for thought into dramatic, engrossing cinema. Hannah Arendt also stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher and one-time lover Martin Heidegger, Axel Milberg as Hannah's loving but concerned husband, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) as her friend, novelist Mary McCarthy. (Partially subtitled)
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