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Year: 2012

Hannah Arendt (Germany/Luxembourg/France; 113 min.)

directed by:
Margarethe von Trotta
starring:
Barbara Sukowa; Axel Milberg; Janet McTeer; Julia Jentsch; Nicholas
Woodeson

 Hannah Arendt
Thom says:
“Attended with Bruce, Scott, and Beth. Beth asked a really intriguing
question about the use of live footage of Adolph Eichmann during the
trial scenes, thus accenting the terrifying quote from Arendt about the
‘banality of evil’. Even more exciting for me & I’d imagine Bruce
as well, quite by accident when leaving the crowded auditorium Bruce
& I discovered ourselves right along side of von Trotta &
Sukowa. We both effused accolades upon the both of them & when I
told Barbara that I’d loved her since BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ she laughed
& said that ‘aged me too much’ with out a trace of irony.

“von Trotta, responsible for such gems as THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA
BLUM, MARIANNE & JULIANE, ROSA LUXEMBURG, & VISION
wins the award for best intellectual film of the festival. Arendt (so
arrestingly played by Sukowa, one of the finest film actresses we have)
was a German Jewish philosopher and professor of much renown. She was
chosen by the New Yorker to report on the Adolph Eichmann trial taking
place in Israel. She raises a terrible furor over her portrayal of men
like Eichmann only following orders and that the Jewish leaders
themselves had some complicity in the horror. Needless to say, she had
to go to great lengths to gain back her credibility and continue
working. 5 cats

“Director von Trotta & star Sukowa available for Q&A”

Hannah Arendt

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