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HANNAH ARENDT

Director:

  Margarethe von Trotta
  

Year Released:

  2012

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Julia Jentsch
  Janet McTeer
  Axel Milberg
  Barbara Sukowa
  Eichmann Trial Footage
Movie Haiku:Sukowa stars as the German-born political philosopher best-known today for her books on 20th Century totalitarianism. Film focuses on her attempts to introduce nuance into discussions of the Holocaust when she covered the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961. The result was an uproar that still endures today.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2013