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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Documentary | History

7.4

Release Date

June 30, 2015

Duration

128 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Alison Darcy

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Richard Bernstein

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Jerome Kohn

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Steven Asheim

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Aharon Appelfeld

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Leon Botstein

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Idith Zertal

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Gertrude Heidegger

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

Emmanuel Faye

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Deborah Lipstadt

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

Judith Butler

Khaled Furani

Self - Anthropologist

Khaled Furani

Yehuda Bauer

Self - Historian

Yehuda Bauer

Adi Ophir

Self - Philosopher

Adi Ophir

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

Roger Errera

Edna Brocke

Self - Arendt's Niece

Edna Brocke

Adolf Eichmann

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Adolf Eichmann

Gideon Hausnet

Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)

Gideon Hausnet

Hannah Arendt

Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)

Hannah Arendt

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Hans Jonas

Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)

Hans Jonas

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Otto Ohlendorf

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Otto Ohlendorf

Martin Heidegger

Self - Philosopher (archive footage)

Martin Heidegger

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