Vita Activa - The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Movie Updates

Sat., Jul. 29, 2017

from Amazon

Amazon

• added the US DVD release date of August 1, 2017

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Sun., Dec. 27, 2015

from zeitgeistfilms.com

• added Ina Fichman as producer to credits
• added a poster to the gallery
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• added Theatrical Trailer to trailers & videos
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• added a synopsis

• 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 w... show all as 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.

• added documentary as a genre
• added Zeitgeist Films as a distributor
• added Ada Ushpiz as director, producer and screenwriter to credits
• changed the US film release date from TBA to April 6, 2016
• added a running time of 125 minutes
• changed the production status to Completed
• created the movie profile