Vita activa
Subtitle: the spirit of Hannah Arendt
By: a film by Ada Ushpiz ; produced by Ina Fichman, Ada Ushpiz ; written and directed by Ada Ushpiz
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Philosophers; Biography
Description: "The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine. Her private life was no less controversial thanks to her early love affair with the renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. This thought provoking and spirited documentary, with its abundance of archival materials, offers an intimate portrait of the whole of Arendt's life, traveling to places where she lived, worked, loved, and was betrayed, as she wrote about the open wounds of modern times."--Zeitgeist Films website.
Notes: Title from disc label.

Astect ratio, 1.85:1.

Director of photography, Itai Neeman ; editor, Hadas Ayalon ; music, John wilson.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD; Astect ratio, 1.85:1 presentation.

In German, English, and Hebrew; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.