Eric Hobsbawm: The Consolations of HistoryMovie
In this feature-length documentary, Anthony Wilks traces the connections between the events of Hobsbawm’s life and the history he told, from his teenage years in Germany as Hitler came to power and his communist membership, to the jazz clubs of 1950s Soho and the makings of New Labour, taking in Italian bandits, Peruvian peasant movements and the development of nationalism in the modern world, with help from the assiduous observations of MI5.
About Eric Hobsbawm: The Consolations of History
Eric Hobsbawm: The Consolations of History is a 2021 documentary movie directed by Anthony Wilks.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 23m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Eric Hobsbawm, Frances Stonor Saunders, Richard J. Evans, John Foot. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
