Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015
2h 8m
7.4
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Top Cast
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Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
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Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
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Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
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Steven Asheim
Self - Professor
Aharon Appelfeld
Self - Writer
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Leon Botstein
Self - Arendt's Student
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Idith Zertal
Self - Historian
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Ramin Jahanbegloo
Self - Iranian Dissident
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Gertrude Heidegger
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
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Emmanuel Faye
Self - Philosopher
