Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015)
2h 8m | PG-13
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.
Director: Ada Ushpiz
Studio: AU Films
Genre: Documentary, History
Video: 720p
Cast
Alison Darcy
as Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
as Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
as Self - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
as Self - Professor
Aharon Appelfeld
as Self - Writer
Leon Botstein
as Self - Arendt's Student