Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Seen it?2015 | 128 min | Documentary, History
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With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for anyone who likes watching an argument won and history and war-film fans. The best scenes are battles fought with words. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
- The mood
- Harrowing, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Well paced for a documentary, at 2 hr 8 min.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
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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- Reach & staying powerWeak
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- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ada Ushpiz
- Alison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice)
- Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend
- Jerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant
- Steven AsheimSelf - Professor
- Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer
- Leon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student
- Idith ZertalSelf - Historian
- Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident
- Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
- Emmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher