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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Movie 2015 TMDB 7.3/10 Released
  • Documentary
  • History
  • 2015

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.

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt is a movie first shown in 2015. Runtime is 128 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary, History. TMDB score 7.3/10 from 16 votes.

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Title details

Type
Movie
Original title
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Release year
2015
Release date
June 30, 2015
Status
Released
Runtime
128 minutes
Genres
Documentary, History
Production companies
AU Films, Intuitive Pictures, WDR, ARTE, ICI RDI, SVT
Director
Ada Ushpiz
TMDB rating
7.3/10 (16 votes)
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Official website
zeitgeistfilms.com

Official trailer

Official US Trailer

Cast

A

Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

R

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

J

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

S

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

L

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

I

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

R

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

G

Gertrude Heidegger

Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

E

Emmanuel Faye

Self - Philosopher

D

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self - Philosopher

K

Khaled Furani

Self - Anthropologist

Y

Yehuda Bauer

Self - Historian

A

Adi Ophir

Self - Philosopher

Roger Errera

Roger Errera

Self - Journalist

E

Edna Brocke

Self - Arendt's Niece

Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann

Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)

Characters

  • Hannah Arendt (voice) voiced by Alison Darcy
  • Self - Arendt's Friend voiced by Richard Bernstein
  • Self - Arendt's Assistant voiced by Jerome Kohn
  • Self - Professor voiced by Steven Asheim
  • Self - Writer voiced by Aharon Appelfeld
  • Self - Arendt's Student voiced by Leon Botstein
  • Self - Historian voiced by Idith Zertal
  • Self - Iranian Dissident voiced by Ramin Jahanbegloo
  • Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter voiced by Gertrude Heidegger
  • Self - Philosopher voiced by Emmanuel Faye
  • Self - Historian voiced by Deborah Lipstadt
  • Self - Philosopher voiced by Judith Butler
  • Self - Anthropologist voiced by Khaled Furani
  • Self - Historian voiced by Yehuda Bauer
  • Self - Philosopher voiced by Adi Ophir
  • Self - Journalist voiced by Roger Errera
  • Self - Arendt's Niece voiced by Edna Brocke
  • Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) voiced by Adolf Eichmann

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