Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015)

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 (25)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

A

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

R

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

J

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

S

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

L

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

I

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

R

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

G

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

E

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

D

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

K

Khaled Furani

Self - Anthropologist

Y

Yehuda Bauer

Self - Historian

A

Adi Ophir

Self - Philosopher

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

E

Edna Brocke

Self - Arendt's Niece

Adolf Eichmann

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

G

Gideon Hausnet

Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)

Hannah Arendt

Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

H

Hans Jonas

Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

O

Otto Ohlendorf

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

M

Martin Heidegger

Self - Philosopher (archive footage)

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