A Woman in Dark Times by Elizabeth Young-Bruehl et al
BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Play - 2006-10-06
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Hannah Arendt, born 100 years ago this year, was among the most influential political thinkers of the 20th Century. As a young German Jew, she fled to America in 1941 with her husband Heinrich. Yet her name is historically entwined with a man who became a Nazi - Martin Heidegger.
This drama documentary, through private letters and interviews, tells the story of the 50-year relationship between the teacher and the student. That Heidegger was her lover came as a shock to many; that she agreed to a reconciliation after the war still raises questions today.
Hannah Arendt ...... Sian Thomas
Heinrich Blucher ...... David Horovitch
Martin Heidegger ...... John Rowe
Directed and directed by Penny Leicester and Emma Harding
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