Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

7.3 2015 128 min

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 crimin…

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Director: Ada Ushpiz
Writer: Ada Ushpiz

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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)

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