| AAlison DarcyHannah Arendt (voice) | Hannah Arendt (voice) |
| RRichard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Friend | Self - Arendt's Friend |
| JJerome KohnSelf - Arendt's Assistant | Self - Arendt's Assistant |
| SSteven AsheimSelf - Professor | Self - Professor |
 Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| LLeon BotsteinSelf - Arendt's Student | Self - Arendt's Student |
| IIdith ZertalSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
| RRamin JahanbeglooSelf - Iranian Dissident | Self - Iranian Dissident |
| GGertrude HeideggerSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter | Self - Heidegger's Granddaughter |
| EEmmanuel FayeSelf - Philosopher | Self - Philosopher |
| DDeborah LipstadtSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
 Judith ButlerSelf - Philosopher | Self - Philosopher |
| KKhaled FuraniSelf - Anthropologist | Self - Anthropologist |
| YYehuda BauerSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
| AAdi OphirSelf - Philosopher | Self - Philosopher |
 Roger ErreraSelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| EEdna BrockeSelf - Arendt's Niece | Self - Arendt's Niece |
 Adolf EichmannSelf - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) | Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) |
| GGideon HausnetSelf - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage) | Self - Eichmann's Prosecutor (archive footage) |
 Hannah ArendtSelf - Political Philosopher (archive footage) | Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage) |
 Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| HHans JonasSelf - Arendt's Friend (archive footage) | Self - Arendt's Friend (archive footage) |
 Hermann GöringSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| OOtto OhlendorfSelf - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) | Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage) |
| MMartin HeideggerSelf - Philosopher (archive footage) | Self - Philosopher (archive footage) |
