Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Release date : June 30, 2015
Runtime : 2h 8m
Countries of origin : Canada / Germany / Israel / Sweden /
Original Language : English / French / German / Hebrew /
Director : Ada Ushpiz /
Writers : Ada Ushpiz / Holger Preuße /
Production companies : AU Films / Intuitive Pictures / WDR / ARTE / ICI RDI / SVT /
June 30, 2015 2h 8m Canada Documentary English More
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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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Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
Self - Professor
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
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian
Judith Butler
Self - Philosopher
Khaled Furani
Self - Anthropologist
Yehuda Bauer
Self - Historian
Adi Ophir
Self - Philosopher
Roger Errera
Self - Journalist
Edna Brocke
Self - Arendt's Niece
Adolf Eichmann
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

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  • title:Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2015
  • Runtime:2h 8m
  • Genres: Documentary · History ·
  • Countries of origin: Canada · Germany · Israel · Sweden ·
  • Original Language: English · French · German · Hebrew ·
  • Director: Ada Ushpiz /
  • Writers: Ada Ushpiz · Holger Preuße ·
  • Production companies: AU Films · Intuitive Pictures · WDR · ARTE · ICI RDI · SVT ·
  • 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.
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