Julia Jentsch
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Three radical activists like to make their point by breaking into the homes of the wealthy, rearranging their belongings, and leaving cryptic messages. When one such break-in goes wrong, they are forced to kidnap a wealthy businessman.
"Politically charged yet immensely funny and enjoyable."--CompuServe
"Brilliant."--Daily Mirror
"Fresh, biting, gripping, tender, and tense."--The Telegraph On Sunday
Pub. Date
p2006, c2005
Description
"The film depicts the last six days (February 17-22, 1943) in the life of Sophie Scholl from her own perspective: that of a courageous and vibrant young woman who is willing to face death for her belief in her ideals and those of the White Rose, an underground resistance movement to which she belongs. Through their resistance and protest against the Nazi regime, Sophie and her fellow members of the White Rose become synonymous with civil courage and...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
A brilliant 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.' Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible...
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