Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
74 %|Jun 30, 2015|Documentary, History
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.
Featured Crew
John Wilson
Original Music Composer
Ada Ushpiz
Writer
Ada Ushpiz
Producer
Ina Fichman
Producer
Itai Neeman
Director of Photography
German Gutierrez
Director of Photography
Michel Lambert
Sound Designer
Christine Rocheleau
Associate Producer
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Cast
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)
Gideon Hausnet
Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
Hannah Arendt
Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hans Jonas
Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Otto Ohlendorf
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Martin Heidegger
Self - Philosopher (archive footage)