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.

Genre:

Documentary, History

Duration:

128 min

Cast:

Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn

Quality:

HD

Director:

Ada Ushpiz

Release:

2015

Country:

Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden

Rating:

7.3