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.
Title | Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt |
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Year | 2015 |
Genre | Documentary, History |
Country | Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden |
Studio | AU Films, Intuitive Pictures, WDR, ARTE, ICI RDI, SVT |
Cast | Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn, Steven Asheim, Aharon Appelfeld, Leon Botstein |
Crew | John Wilson (Original Music Composer), Ada Ushpiz (Writer), Hedva Goldschmidt (Executive Producer), German Gutierrez (Director of Photography), Stefan Pannen (Executive Producer), Ina Fichman (Producer) |
Keyword | holocaust (shoah), jew persecution, nuremberg trials, biography, holocaust (shoah) survivor, woman director, adolf eichmann's trial, philosopher, european history, female writer, nazi war criminal |
Release | Jun 30, 2015 |
Runtime | 128 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.40 / 10 by 15 users |
Popularity | 18 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | English, Français, Deutsch, עִבְרִית |