The story follows Arendt as she travels to Jerusalem to observe Eichmann, who sits in a bulletproof glass booth. Expecting to see a demonic monster, she is instead struck by his "sheer ordinariness". She observes a man who is not a fanatical hater but a "nobody"—a bureaucratic "pen-pusher" who claims he was simply following orders. Hannah Arendt | Rotten Tomatoes
: Director Margarethe von Trotta uses a mix of narrative drama and actual historical footage from the Eichmann trial to create a sense of realism. Recognition
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June 1st, 2023
approx reading time
4 Minutes
The story follows Arendt as she travels to Jerusalem to observe Eichmann, who sits in a bulletproof glass booth. Expecting to see a demonic monster, she is instead struck by his "sheer ordinariness". She observes a man who is not a fanatical hater but a "nobody"—a bureaucratic "pen-pusher" who claims he was simply following orders. Hannah Arendt | Rotten Tomatoes
: Director Margarethe von Trotta uses a mix of narrative drama and actual historical footage from the Eichmann trial to create a sense of realism. Recognition
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