Directed by:
Margarethe von TrottaCinematography:
Caroline ChampetierComposer:
André MergenthalerCast:
Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Leila Lallali, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Nicholas Woodeson (more)Plots(1)
Hannah Arendt is as compelling and polarising as its eponymous protagonist. Arendt, masterfully played by Barbara Sukowa, is sent by The New Yorkerto cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. The article generates a storm of criticism by the intellectual and Jewish communities, labelling her cold, heartless and a self-hating Jew. Von Trotta's vision of Arendt offers understanding into the formulation of her ideas - in particular what Arendt termed 'the banality of evil' - which later culminated in her seminal thesis of the same name. (Curious Films)
(more)Cast
Barbara Sukowa
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Europa (1991)
Voyager (1991)
Axel Milberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Goethe! (2010)
Offroad (2012)
Leila Lallali
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Hysteria (2011)
The Last Diamond (2014)
Janet McTeer
UK
Best movies:
Me Before You (2016)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
Julia Jentsch
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
24 Weeks (2016)
Ulrich Noethen
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
The Promise (2011) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Michael Degen
German Empire
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Supermarket (1974)
21 Hours at Munich (1976) (TV movie)
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Austria
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Nicholas Woodeson
UK
Best movies:
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Skyfall (2012)
Friederike Becht
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Nilton Martins
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Before the Winter Chill (2013)
Angelo (2018)
Klaus Pohl
West Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
The Stranger in Me (2008)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Matthias Bundschuh
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Germain Wagner
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
The Year of the First Kiss (2002)
The Ninth Day (2004)
Harvey Friedman
USA
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Valkyrie (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Patrick Hastert
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Twin Sisters (2002)
Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden (2011)
Ralph Morgenstern
Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Jean-Luc Julien
West Germany
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Girl You Know It's True (2023)
Joel Kirby
USA
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Tom Leick
Best movies:
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
House of Boys (2009)