Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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.

Cast

Alison Darcy

Alison Darcy

as Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Richard Bernstein

as Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Jerome Kohn

as Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Steven Asheim

as Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

as Self - Writer

Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein

as Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal

Idith Zertal

as Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Ramin Jahanbegloo

as Self - Iranian Dissident

Gertrude Heidegger

Gertrude Heidegger

as Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter

Emmanuel Faye

Emmanuel Faye

as Self - Philosopher

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