The Young Karl Marx
2017•1h 58m•6.8•Released
HistoryDrama
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.
Director
Raoul Peck
Writer
Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
Rohfilm
Cast
August Diehl
Karl Marx
Stefan Konarske
Friedrich Engels
Vicky Krieps
Jenny von Westphalen
Olivier Gourmet
Pierre Proudhon
Hannah Steele
Mary Burns
Rolf Kanies
Moses Hess
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Karl Grün
Alexander Scheer
Wilhelm Weitling
Marie Meinzenbach
Lenchen
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Arnold Ruge
Wiebke Adam-Schwarz
Mme Ruge
Aran Bertetto
Paddy
Ulrich Brandhoff
Herrmann Kriege
Ivan Franěk
Bakunin
Peter Benedict
Friedrich Engels sen.
Production
Company
Rohfilm
Company
Velvet Film
Company
Artémis Productions
Company
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Producer
Robert Guédiguian
Producer
Raoul Peck
Producer
Nicolas Blanc
Producer
Rémi Grellety
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