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.
Top Cast
Alison Darcy
as Hannah Arendt (voice)
Hannah Arendt (voice)
Richard Bernstein
as Self - Arendt's Friend
Self - Arendt's Friend
Jerome Kohn
as Self - Arendt's Assistant
Self - Arendt's Assistant
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