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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015128 min 7.3 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

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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Release / first air2015-06-30
Original languageEN
GenresDocumentary, History
DirectorAda Ushpiz
WriterAda Ushpiz
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionAU Films, Intuitive Pictures

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10 cast members
Alison DarcyAlison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice)
Richard BernsteinRichard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend
Jerome KohnJerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant
Steven AsheimSteven AsheimSelf - Professor
Aharon AppelfeldAharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer
Leon BotsteinLeon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student
Idith ZertalIdith ZertalSelf - Historian
Ramin JahanbeglooRamin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident
Gertrude HeideggerGertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Emmanuel FayeEmmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher

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#holocaust (shoah)#jew persecution#nuremberg trials#biography#holocaust (shoah) survivor#woman director#adolf eichmann's trial#philosopher#european history#female writer#nazi war criminal

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