Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (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.
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Alison Darcy
as Hannah Arendt (voice)
as Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
as Self - Arendt's Friend
as Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
as Self - Arendt's Assistant
as Self - Arendt's Assistant
Steven Asheim
as Self - Professor
as Self - Professor
Aharon Appelfeld
as Self - Writer
as Self - Writer
Leon Botstein
as Self - Arendt's Student
as Self - Arendt's Student
Idith Zertal
as Self - Historian
as Self - Historian
Ramin Jahanbegloo
as Self - Iranian Dissident
as Self - Iranian Dissident
Gertrude Heidegger
as Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
as Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Emmanuel Faye
as Self - Philosopher
as Self - Philosopher
Deborah Lipstadt
as Self - Historian
as Self - Historian
Judith Butler
as Self - Philosopher
as Self - Philosopher
Khaled Furani
as Self - Anthropologist
as Self - Anthropologist
Yehuda Bauer
as Self - Historian
as Self - Historian
Adi Ophir
as Self - Philosopher
as Self - Philosopher
Roger Errera
as Self - Journalist
as Self - Journalist
Edna Brocke
as Self - Arendt's Niece
as Self - Arendt's Niece
Adolf Eichmann
as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Gideon Hausnet
as Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
as Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage)
Hannah Arendt
as Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
as Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hans Jonas
as Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
as Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Otto Ohlendorf
as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
as Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
Martin Heidegger
as Self - Philosopher (archive footage)
as Self - Philosopher (archive footage)
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John Wilson
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Ada Ushpiz
Writer
Writer
Hedva Goldschmidt
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
German Gutierrez
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Stefan Pannen
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Ina Fichman
Producer
Producer
Christine Rocheleau
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Itai Neeman
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Michel Lambert
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Ada Ushpiz
Producer
Producer
Holger Preuße
Creative Producer
Creative Producer
Sabine Rollberg
Commissioning Editor
Commissioning Editor
Rina Rosh
Researcher
Researcher
Ama Lorenz
Researcher
Researcher
Holly Dressel
Researcher
Researcher
Yuval Shapira
Researcher
Researcher
Zachary Halberd
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Cheung Man Kit
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Geo Schaller
Music
Music
Danor Glazer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Martin Krüger
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Stefan Pannen
Producer
Producer
Wong Sung
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Holger Preuße
Producer
Producer
Aleksey Solodunov
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Michaela Stasch
Editor
Editor
Ada Ushpiz
Director
Director
Hadas Ayalon
Editor
Editor
Philippe Lavalette
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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