
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Documentary · History
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Alison Darcy
Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
Steven Asheim
Self - Professor
Steven Asheim
Self - Professor


Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon Appelfeld
Self - Writer
Aharon Appelfeld
Self - Writer
Leon Botstein
Leon Botstein
Self - Arendt's Student
Leon Botstein
Self - Arendt's Student
Idith Zertal
Idith Zertal
Self - Historian
Idith Zertal
Self - Historian
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Self - Iranian Dissident
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Self - Iranian Dissident
Gertrude Heidegger
Gertrude Heidegger
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Gertrude Heidegger
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Emmanuel Faye
Emmanuel Faye
Self - Philosopher
Emmanuel Faye
Self - Philosopher
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