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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015)

2h 8m | PG-13

⭐ 7.4 / 10

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

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Cast

Alison Darcy

Alison Darcy

as Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Richard Bernstein

as Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Jerome Kohn

as Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Steven Asheim

as Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

as Self - Writer

Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein

as Self - Arendt's Student