The Young Karl Marx (2017)

About This Movie

The Young Karl Marx is a 2017 history and drama film directed by Raoul Peck. Its leading cast includes August Diehl, Stefan Konarske and Vicky Krieps. It runs for 1 hour 58 minutes. Its original language is French.

Synopsis

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.

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Trailer

The Young Karl Marx – Trailer – SFF 17 · plays from YouTube

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.
• Éric Godon The foreman
• Stephen Hogan Thomas Naylor
• Inga R. Kammerer Old woman