The Young Karl Marx(2017)

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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.

The Young Karl Marx was directed by Raoul Peck and released in 2017. It is a history, drama film.

The Young Karl Marx has a runtime of 1 hours and 58 minutes (118 minutes total).

The cast of The Young Karl Marx includes August Diehl as Karl Marx, Stefan Konarske as Friedrich Engels, Vicky Krieps as Jenny von Westphalen, Olivier Gourmet as Pierre Proudhon, Hannah Steele as Mary Burns and more.