Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015
2h 8m
7.3

7.3/10

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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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
AU Films Intuitive Pictures WDR ARTE ICI RDI SVT
Production Countries
Canada Germany Israel Sweden
Spoken Languages
English French German Hebrew

Keywords

holocaust (shoah) jew persecution nuremberg trials biography holocaust (shoah) survivor woman director adolf eichmann's trial philosopher european history female writer nazi war criminal

Quick Facts

Release Date June 30, 2015
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt5358370
Website Visit Site

Cast

Alison Darcy
Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn
Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim
Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Leon Botstein
Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal
Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger
Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye
Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler
Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

Key Crew

Ada Ushpiz
Writer
Hedva Goldschmidt
Executive Producer
Ada Ushpiz
Producer
Ina Fichman
Producer
Stefan Pannen
Executive Producer
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Producer
Stefan Pannen
Producer
Ada Ushpiz
Director