Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015, English. Directed by Ada Ushpiz.
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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- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt is streaming on Chai Flicks and Kino Film Collection in India.
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Cast & crew
- Ada UshpizDirector
- Alison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice)
- Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend
- Jerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant
- Steven AsheimSelf - Professor
- Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer
- Leon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student
- Idith ZertalSelf - Historian
- Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident
- Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
- Emmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher
- Deborah LipstadtSelf - Historian
- Judith ButlerSelf - Philosopher
Details
- Released
- 30 June 2015
- Country
- Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden
- Written by
- Ada Ushpiz
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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015) was directed by Ada Ushpiz and stars Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn.