Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015 en 128 minutes

Rating: 7.4

Plot

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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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

Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

Khaled Furani

Khaled Furani

Self - Anthropologist

Yehuda Bauer

Yehuda Bauer

Self - Historian

Adi Ophir

Adi Ophir

Self - Philosopher

Roger Errera

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

Edna Brocke

Edna Brocke

Self - Arendt's Niece

Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Gideon Hausnet

Gideon Hausnet

Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hans Jonas

Hans Jonas

Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Otto Ohlendorf

Otto Ohlendorf

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger

Self - Philosopher (archive footage)

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