Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Jun 17 2016 N/A 2h 5m
Documentary

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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Plot

A documentary about the life and work of Hannah Arendt, the prolific and unclassifiable thinker, political theorist, moral philosopher and polemicist, and with her encounter with the trial of Eichmann a high-ranking Nazi.

Written by

Ada Ushpiz

Directed by

Ada Ushpiz

Cast

Hannah Arendt, Jury Andruchowytsch, Aharon Appelfeld

Crew

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Production Countries

Israel, Canada

Production Companies

Hod Hasharon, AUfilms

Languages

Français, English, Deutsch

Awards

2 wins

Trailers
VITA ACTIVA: THE SPIRIT OF HANNAH ARENDT official US trailer
Scores
# of Votes
252
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
66
Popularity
NA