Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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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
  • Release Date: 2015-06-30
  • Runtime: 128 min
  • Country: Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden
  • Language: English, French, German, Hebrew
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 7.4
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