 In 2012 the German film, "Hannah Arendt", directed by Margarethe von Trotta was released.The film, with Barbara Sukowa in the title role, depicted the controversy over Arendt's coverage of the Eichmann trial and subsequent book, in which she was widely misunderstood as defending Eichmann and blaming Jewish leaders for the Holocaust.Hannah Arendt is widely considered one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century.