Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

June 30, 2015128 min7.4EN
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.

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Cast

Alison Darcy
Alison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
Jerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
Steven AsheimSelf - Professor
Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer
Leon Botstein
Leon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student
Idith Zertal
Idith ZertalSelf - Historian
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident
Gertrude Heidegger
Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Emmanuel Faye
Emmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher