Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015)

7.3/10 • 128 min • Documentary History

Overview

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.

Cast

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

Adolf Eichmann

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Hannah Arendt

Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)

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