Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Her ideas changed the world

Directed by Margarethe von Trotta

Produced by MACT Productions, Heimatfilm

2012113 min6.9 / 10

An intellectually rigorous biographical drama about Hannah Arendt's courageous but isolating confrontation with the Holocaust and her own exile, balancing philosophical depth with personal vulnerability.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Hannah Arendt sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Hannah Arendt violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Hannah Arendt scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Hannah Arendt end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Hannah Arendt easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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54/ 100

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