Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
2015-06-30
Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden
128 Min.
PG-13
Documentary, History
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)
Self - Arendt's Friend
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Self - Professor
Self - Writer
Self - Arendt's Student
Self - Historian
Self - Iranian Dissident
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Self - Philosopher
Self - Historian
Self - Philosopher
Self - Anthropologist
Self - Historian
Self - Philosopher
Self - Journalist
Self - Arendt's Niece
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Self - Philosopher (archive footage)
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