Hannah Arendt
“Her ideas changed the world”
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.
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Cast
13 people
Barbara Sukowa
Hannah Arendt
Known for
12 Monkeys
Constellation
Axel Milberg
Heinrich Blücher
Known for
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Wetlands
Janet McTeer
Mary McCarthy
Known for
Me Before You
Ozark
Julia Jentsch
Lotte Köhler
Known for
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Pagan Peak
Nicholas Woodeson
William Shawn
Known for
Rome
Taboo
Ulrich Noethen
Hans Jonas
Known for
Downfall
Furia
Leila Schaus
Laureen
Known for
Never Grow Old
Claire Johnston
Ms Serkin
Known for
I've Loved You So Long
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Michael Degen
Kurt Blumenfeld
Also in
Donna Leon
Supermarket
Friederike Becht
Young Hannah Arendt
Known for
Perfume
Labyrinth of Lies
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Charlotte Beradt
Known for
Pagan Peak
Alive and Ticking
Klaus Pohl
Martin Heidegger
Also in
Tonio & Julia
End of Innocence
Margarethe von Trotta Director · Pamela Katz Screenplay André Mergenthaler Composer
Worldwide gross $717K · United States release May 29, 2013 · Produced in Germany, France, Luxembourg, Israel
Box office
Worldwide gross
$717,205
Production
MACT Productions
Production
Heimatfilm
Production
Amour Fou Luxembourg
Production
Sophie Dulac Productions
Production
Metro Communications
Production
ARD Degeto
Production
BR
Production
WDR
Production
Heimatfilm GbR
Production
Les Productions de l'Amour Fou
Production
Germany · France · Luxembourg · Israel
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Hebrew · Latin
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 2012
Theatrical
Germany · January 8, 2013
Theatrical
United States · May 29, 2013
Theatrical
Belgium
April 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 6, 2013 · Theatrical
France
April 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Greece
May 16, 2013 · Theatrical
November 22, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
October 2, 2013 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 27, 2013 · Digital
Israel
April 4, 2013 · Theatrical
Japan
October 25, 2013 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 19, 2013 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 2, 2013 · Theatrical
North Macedonia
April 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Norway
September 19, 2013 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 3, 2013 · Theatrical
Romania
May 24, 2013 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 22, 2014 · Theatrical
Spain
June 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 31, 2013 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 3, 2013 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 26, 2013 · Theatrical
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