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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

★ 7.3/10•2015•2h 8m•Documentary•History

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.

Ada Ushpiz · Writer

Ada Ushpiz · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 8m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 30, 2015

Actors

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

Khaled Furani

Self - Anthropologist

Yehuda Bauer

Self - Historian

Adi Ophir

Self - Philosopher

Roger Errera

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

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