Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

20152h 8min

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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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.

Released
June 30, 2015
Runtime
2h 8min
Director
Ada Ushpiz
Genre
DocumentaryHistory
Language
English
Production
AU Films, Intuitive Pictures, WDR, ARTE, ICI RDI, SVT
Cast
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