Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015•2h 8m•7.3•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Ada Ushpiz
Writer
Ada Ushpiz
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
AU Films
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
Production
Company
AU Films
Company
Intuitive Pictures
Company
WDR
Company
ARTE
Company
ICI RDI
Company
SVT
Producer
Ina Fichman
Producer
Ada Ushpiz
Producer
Stefan Pannen
Producer
Holger Preuße
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