Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt [videorecording] / Zeitgeist Films ; Heimatfilm ; co-produced by Amour Fou Luxembourg, Mact Productions, Sophie Du Lac Productions, Metro Communications, ARD Degeto, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk ; funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, FFF Bayern, Filmf�oderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmf�orderfonds, Film Fund Luxembourg, Eurimages, Media 121 Audiovisual, CNC, Israel Film Fund, The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund ; produced by Bettina Brokemper, Johannes Rexin ; screenplay by Margarethe von Trotta, Pam Katz ; directed by Margarethe von Trotta. - 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm).

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Q&A with director Margarethe von Trotta, screenwriter Pam Katz, actresses Barbara Sukowa and Janet McTeer and advisor Jerome Kohn ; making-of featurette ; deleted scenes ; U.S. theatrical trailer ; booklet with essays, historical bios and a timeline.

Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; music, Andre Mergenthaler ; editor, Bettine B�ohler ; costume design, Frauke Firl. Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; music, Andre Mergenthaler ; editor, Bettine B�ohler ; costume design, Frauke Firl.

Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen, Nicholas Woodeson.

A biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker, controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils, introduced her now-famous concept of the 'Banality of Evil.'

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 surround, stereo.


In English and German, with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.

795975115636

Z1156 Zeitgeist Films


Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 --Drama.
Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962 --Trials, litigation, etc.--Drama.


Women journalists--Drama.
War crime trials--Germany--Drama.
Banality (Philosophy)--Drama.
Good and evil--Philosophy--Drama.


Motion pictures, German.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

PN1997.2 / .H36 2013

791.43/72