Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Name: Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2015-06-30
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Aharon Appelfeld, Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn, Steven Asheim

NR2015•128 min

4KHDRCC

History Documentary

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.

Audience Score:

7.4

Directed by:Ada Ushpiz

Theatrical release poster for the film Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

The Cast

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

The Cast

Aharon Appelfeld

Alison Darcy

Richard Bernstein

Jerome Kohn

Steven Asheim

Leon Botstein

Idith Zertal

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Gertrude Heidegger

Emmanuel Faye

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