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20152h 8mEnglish

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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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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DirectorAda Ushpiz

Keywords

holocaust (shoah)jew persecutionnuremberg trialsbiographyholocaust (shoah) survivorwoman directoradolf eichmann's trialphilosophereuropean historyfemale writernazi war criminal

Cast

Alison Darcy as Hannah Arendt (voice)

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein as Self - Arendt's Friend

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn as Self - Arendt's Assistant

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim as Self - Professor

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld as Self - Writer

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Leon Botstein as Self - Arendt's Student

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal as Self - Historian

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo as Self - Iranian Dissident

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger as Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye as Self - Philosopher

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher