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.
Cast
Barbara Sukowa
Hannah Arendt
Axel Milberg
Heinrich Blücher
Janet McTeer
Mary McCarthy
Julia Jentsch
Lotte Köhler
Nicholas Woodeson
William Shawn
Ulrich Noethen
Hans Jonas
Leila Schaus
Laureen
Claire Johnston
Ms Serkin
Michael Degen
Kurt Blumenfeld
Friederike Becht
Young Hannah Arendt
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Charlotte Beradt
Klaus Pohl
Martin Heidegger
Gilbert Johnston
Professor Kahn
Crew
Margarethe von Trotta
Director, Screenplay
Pamela Katz
Screenplay
Bettina Böhler
Editor
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography
Michael André
Commissioning Editor
Cornelia Ackers
Commissioning Editor
Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan
Commissioning Editor
Birgit Titze
Commissioning Editor
Johannes Rexin
Producer
Bettina Brokemper
Producer
Michel Zana
Co-Producer
David Silber
Co-Producer
Bady Minck
Co-Producer
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Co-Producer
Sophie Dulac
Co-Producer
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Co-Producer
Sascha Verhey
Line Producer
Sabine Schenk
Line Producer
Micky Rabinovitz
Line Producer
Rüdiger Jordan
Line Producer
Volker Schäfer
Production Design
Frauke Firl
Costume Design
Greg Vittore
Sound Designer
Michael Busch
Sound Recordist
André Mergenthaler
Original Music Composer
Petra Klimek
Set Decoration
Anja Fromm
Art Direction
