Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

June 30, 2015 | 128 min

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.

Genres

Documentary History

Cast

Naomi Scott

Alison Darcy

Naomi Scott

Richard Bernstein

Naomi Scott

Jerome Kohn

Naomi Scott

Steven Asheim

Naomi Scott

Aharon Appelfeld

Naomi Scott

Leon Botstein

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