Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
IMDB:
7.4
Released
6/30/2015
Duration
2h 8m
Genre
Documentary, History
Country
Canada
Cast
Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn
Overview
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.
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
IMDB:
7.4Released
6/30/2015
Genre
Documentary, History
Cast
Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn
Duration
2h 8m
Country
Canada
Overview
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.
Cast
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Alison Darcy
Self - Arendt's Friend
Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Jerome Kohn
Self - Professor
Steven Asheim
Self - Writer
Aharon Appelfeld
Self - Arendt's Student
Leon Botstein
Self - Historian
Idith Zertal
Self - Iranian Dissident
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Gertrude Heidegger
Self - Philosopher
Emmanuel Faye
Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Philosopher
