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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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.

Date: 06/30/2015
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn, Steven Asheim, Aharon Appelfeld, Leon Botstein, Idith Zertal, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Gertrude Heidegger, Emmanuel Faye, Deborah Lipstadt, Judith Butler, Khaled Furani, Yehuda Bauer, Adi Ophir, Roger Errera, Edna Brocke, Adolf Eichmann, Gideon Hausnet, Hannah Arendt, Adolf Hitler, Hans Jonas, Hermann Göring, Otto Ohlendorf, Martin Heidegger

Alison Darcy

Richard Bernstein

Jerome Kohn

Steven Asheim

Aharon Appelfeld as Self - Writer in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Aharon Appelfeld

Leon Botstein

Idith Zertal

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Gertrude Heidegger

Emmanuel Faye

Deborah Lipstadt

Judith Butler as Self - Philosopher in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Judith Butler

Khaled Furani

Yehuda Bauer

Adi Ophir

Roger Errera as Self - Journalist in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Roger Errera

Edna Brocke

Adolf Eichmann as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Adolf Eichmann

Gideon Hausnet

Hannah Arendt as Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage) in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt

Adolf Hitler as Self - Politician (archive footage) in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Adolf Hitler

Hans Jonas

Hermann Göring as Self - Politician (archive footage) in Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Hermann Göring

Otto Ohlendorf

Martin Heidegger

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