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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

7.3/10 2015 4K 128 min
Documentary • History

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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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Top 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

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