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The Young Karl Marx

The Young Karl Marx

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 2, 2017

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

History, Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

Le Jeune Karl Marx

Production Companies

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

Director

Raoul Peck

Description

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.