Hannah Arendt (film)

Hannah Arendt
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMargarethe von Trotta
Written by
Produced byBettina Brokemper
Starring
CinematographyCaroline Champetier
Edited byBettina Böhler
Music byAndré Mergenthaler
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • NFP Marketing & Distribution (Germany)
  • Sophie Dulac Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 11 September 2012 (2012-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 10 January 2013 (2013-01-10) (Germany)
Running time
113 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Germany
  • Luxembourg
  • France
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Latin
Box office$7.3 million[2]

Hannah Arendt is a 2012 biographical drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta and starring Barbara Sukowa. An international co-production from Germany, Luxembourg and France, the film centers on the life of German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt.[3] The film, distributed by Zeitgeist Films in the United States, opened theatrically on 29 May 2013.[4][5]

German director von Trotta's film centers on Arendt's response to the 1961 trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann, which she covered for The New Yorker. Her articles in The New Yorker were published in 1963 as the book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Her writing on the trial became controversial for its depiction of both Eichmann and the Jewish councils, and for its introduction of Arendt's now-famous concept of "the banality of evil".[6]

  1. ^ "Hannah Arendt (12A)". Soda Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Hannah Arendt (2013)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Hannah Arendt on Zeitgeist Films' Website". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Zeitgeist's Acquisition of Hannah Arendt / US Release Date on IMDb news". IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. ^ Siegel, Tatiana. "Hannah Arendt release date info in the Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem". El País. Montevideo. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013. (in Spanish)