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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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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Release: 2015-06-30Runtime: 128 minRating: 7.3 (16)

Cast

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

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

Crew

Ada Ushpiz

Writer

John Wilson

Original Music Composer

Christine Rocheleau

Associate Producer

Hedva Goldschmidt

Executive Producer

Ada Ushpiz

Producer

Ina Fichman

Producer

Itai Neeman

Director of Photography

German Gutierrez

Director of Photography

Stefan Pannen

Executive Producer

Michel Lambert

Sound Designer

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