Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt poster

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Description: 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.

Genres: Documentary, History

Homepage: https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/vitaactivathespiritofhannaharendt

Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 128 minutes

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Alison Darcy

Played Hannah Arendt (voice)

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Richard Bernstein

Played Self - Arendt's Friend

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Jerome Kohn

Played Self - Arendt's Assistant

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Steven Asheim

Played Self - Professor

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Aharon Appelfeld

Played Self - Writer

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Leon Botstein

Played Self - Arendt's Student

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Idith Zertal

Played Self - Historian

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Ramin Jahanbegloo

Played Self - Iranian Dissident

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Gertrude Heidegger

Played Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

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Emmanuel Faye

Played Self - Philosopher

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Deborah Lipstadt

Played Self - Historian

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Judith Butler

Played Self - Philosopher

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Khaled Furani

Played Self - Anthropologist

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Yehuda Bauer

Played Self - Historian

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Adi Ophir

Played Self - Philosopher

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Roger Errera

Played Self - Journalist

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Edna Brocke

Played Self - Arendt's Niece

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Adolf Eichmann

Played Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

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Gideon Hausnet

Played Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)

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Hannah Arendt

Played Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)

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Adolf Hitler

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Hans Jonas

Played Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)

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Hermann Göring

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Otto Ohlendorf

Played Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

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Martin Heidegger

Played Self - Philosopher (archive footage)

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