A film by Margarethe von Trotta. Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta ("Vision," "Rosa Luxemburg") for the biopic of German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. 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 concept of the "Banality of Evil." The film uses footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaves a narrative that spans three countries. Co-stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher Martin Heidegger, Nicolas Woodeson as "New Yorker" editor William Shawn, and Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) as novelist Mary McCarthy.