Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Release: 2015-06-30
·Runtime: 128m
·★ 7.4
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Germany
Israel
Sweden
Production Companies
AU Films
Intuitive Pictures
WDR
ARTE
ICI RDI
SVT
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hannah Arendt
as Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Judith Butler
as Self - Philosopher
Roger Errera
as Self - Journalist
Adolf Eichmann
as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Aharon Appelfeld
as Self - Writer
