Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

    Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
    2015

    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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