Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015/06/30 (US) | 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.
Ada Ushpiz
Director
Lead Cast
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Alison Darcy
Hannah Arendt (voice)
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Richard Bernstein
Self - Arendt's Friend
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Jerome Kohn
Self - Arendt's Assistant
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Steven Asheim
Self - Professor
Aharon Appelfeld
Self - Writer
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Leon Botstein
Self - Arendt's Student
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Idith Zertal
Self - Historian
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Budget
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Status
Released
Production Company
- AU Films
- Intuitive Pictures
- WDR
- ARTE
Crews
John Wilson
Original Music Composer
Ada Ushpiz
Writer
Hedva Goldschmidt
Executive Producer
German Gutierrez
Director of Photography
Stefan Pannen
Executive Producer
Ina Fichman
Producer
Christine Rocheleau
Associate Producer
Itai Neeman
Director of Photography