Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

(2015)

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Synopsis

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.

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Rating

IMDB 7.3

Genres

History, Documentary, Made in Europe

Runtime

2h 8min

Production country

Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden

Director

Ada Ushpiz

Cast

Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
Self - Professor
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
Self - Philosopher
Khaled Furani
Self - Anthropologist
Yehuda Bauer
Self - Historian
Adi Ophir
Self - Philosopher
Roger Errera
Self - Journalist
Edna Brocke
Self - Arendt's Niece
Adolf Eichmann
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Gideon Hausnet
Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
Hannah Arendt
Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hans Jonas
Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Otto Ohlendorf
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Martin Heidegger
Self - Philosopher (archive footage)