Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

7.4
2015
2h 8m
Movie
DocumentaryHistory

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

Details

Director

Ada Ushpiz

Writers

Ada Ushpiz

Status

Released

Original Language

English

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Production

AU Films
Intuitive Pictures
WDR
Top Billed

Cast

Alison Darcy

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

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