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.

Genres: Documentary, History

Stars: Alison Darcy, Richard Bernstein, Jerome Kohn, Steven Asheim, Aharon Appelfeld

Release Date: 2015-06-30

Country: Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden

Ratings: 7.4 / 10 (15 votes)

Runtime: 128 mins