Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Plot Summary

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 Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld Self - Writer