Movie Description
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
(2015)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ada Ushpiz
- Producer : Ada Ushpiz,Ina Fichman,Holger Preuße,Stefan Pannen
- Writer : Ada Ushpiz
- Editor : Michaela Stasch,Hadas Ayalon
- Cast : Alison Darcy,Richard Bernstein,Jerome Kohn,Steven Asheim,Aharon Appelfeld,Leon Botstein,Idith Zertal,Ramin Jahanbegloo,Gertrude Heidegger,Emmanuel Faye,Deborah Lipstadt,Judith Butler,Khaled Furani,Yehuda Bauer,Adi Ophir,Roger Errera,Edna Brocke,Adolf Eichmann,Gideon Hausnet,Hannah Arendt,Adolf Hitler,Hans Jonas,Hermann Göring,Otto Ohlendorf,Martin Heidegger
Cast
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Self - Arendt's Friend
Self - Arendt's Assistant
Self - Professor
Self - Writer
Self - Arendt's Student
Self - Historian
Self - Iranian Dissident
Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Self - Philosopher
Self - Historian
Self - Philosopher
Self - Anthropologist
Self - Historian
Self - Philosopher
Self - Journalist
Self - Arendt's Niece
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Self - Philosopher (archive footage)
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Facts
Original TitleVita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-06-30
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 08m
Homepagehttps://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/vitaactivathespiritofhannaharendt
Production CompaniesAU Films,Intuitive Pictures,WDR,ARTE,ICI RDI,SVT
Genres
- Documentary
- History
