Le jeune Karl Marx

Mar 6 2018 Not Rated 1h 58m
Biography, Drama, History

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.

Plot

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who investigated 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.

Written by

Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck, Bertina Henrichs

Directed by

Raoul Peck

Cast

August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps

Crew

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Production Countries

Belgium, France, Germany

Production Companies

Artémis Productions, Velvet Film, Rohfilm, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
The Young Karl Marx – Trailer – SFF 17
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