Eric Hobsbawm: The Consolations of History
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Anthony Wilks
Writer: Anthony Wilks
Top Cast
Eric Hobsbawm
Self
Frances Stonor Saunders
Self
Richard J. Evans
Self
John Foot
Self
Stefan Collini
Self
Donald Sassoon
Self
Marlene Hobsbawm
Self
Anthony Wilks
Self - Narrator (voice)
