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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Name: Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Director: Ada Ushpiz
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-06-30
Cast: Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn, Steven Asheim, Aharon Appelfeld

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.

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, t… + more

Release Date

2015-06-30

Year

2015

Duration

2h 8m

Status

Released

Score

7.30

Genres

Documentary History

Production

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Cast

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Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

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Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

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Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

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Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

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Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

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Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

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Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

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Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

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Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher