Invited to chronicle the 1961 trial of Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann for The New Yorker magazine, writer Hannah Arendt (Barbara Sukowa) leaves America to observe the historic prosecution in Jerusalem. While reflecting on her college days, Arendt crafts the subsequent reporting about the "banality of evil" that quickly unleashes a storm of personal attacks against her. Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg co-star in this intense German biodrama. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: German and English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH); deleted scenes; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer. In English and German with English subtitles.