Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Synopsis

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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• John WilsonOriginal Music Composer
• Ada UshpizWriter
• Ada UshpizDirector

Cast

• Alison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice)
• Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend
• Jerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant
• Steven AsheimSelf - Professor
• Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer
• Leon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student
• Idith ZertalSelf - Historian
• Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident
• Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
• Emmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher
• Deborah LipstadtSelf - Historian
• Judith ButlerSelf - Philosopher

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