The Young Karl Marx (2017)

  • NR
  • 06/11/2017 (US)
  • History, Drama
  • 1h 58m

Overview

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.

Raoul Peck

Director, Screenplay

Pascal Bonitzer

Screenplay

Cast

August Diehl's headshot

August Diehl

Karl Marx
Stefan Konarske's headshot

Stefan Konarske

Friedrich Engels
Vicky Krieps's headshot

Vicky Krieps

Jenny von Westphalen
Olivier Gourmet's headshot

Olivier Gourmet

Pierre Proudhon
Hannah Steele's headshot

Hannah Steele

Mary Burns
Rolf Kanies's headshot

Rolf Kanies

Moses Hess
Niels-Bruno Schmidt's headshot

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

Karl Grün
Alexander Scheer's headshot

Alexander Scheer

Wilhelm Weitling

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