Nov. 2 Hannah Arendt
Dir: Margarethe von Trotta Germany, 2012
German with subtitles 113 minutes
Principal Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg, Klaus Pohl
Margarethe von Trotta has long been fascinated by history’s great women, from twelfth-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen to Marxist firebrand Rosa Luxemburg. Here, she tackles the life of another icon: the German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, as incarnated by von Trotta’s frequent collaborator, Barbara Sukowa.
A former prize pupil (and lover) of philosopher Martin Heidegger, Arendt was already famous for her books when she was assigned by The New Yorker in 1961 to travel to Jerusalem to cover the trial of Adolph Eichmann. Following the testimony from concentration camp survivors and of Eichmann himself, von Trotta dramatizes the process by which Arendt formulated her most lasting, controversial contribution to contemporary political thought: the “banality of evil”—evil not as diabolical intent but as unthinking, almost offhanded ignorance of the consequences of one’s actions.
Hannah Arendt is a stunning historical and human drama. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving together an involving narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta turns the often invisible passion of thought into immersive, dramatic cinema.
Showtimes: 7 + 9:30
in room 1-306 at the College of New Caledonia
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