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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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
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