The Young Karl Marx

1h 58min

History

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Rohfilm

Velvet Film

Artémis Productions

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Cast

August Diehl

August Diehl

Karl Marx
Stefan Konarske

Stefan Konarske

Friedrich Engels
Vicky Krieps

Vicky Krieps

Jenny von Westphalen
Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Pierre Proudhon
Hannah Steele

Hannah Steele

Mary Burns
Rolf Kanies

Rolf Kanies

Moses Hess
Alexander Scheer

Alexander Scheer

Wilhelm Weitling
Hans-Uwe Bauer

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Arnold Ruge
Wiebke Adam

Wiebke Adam

Mme Ruge
Ulrich Brandhoff

Ulrich Brandhoff

Herrmann Kriege
Peter Benedict

Peter Benedict

Friedrich Engels sen.
Éric Godon

Éric Godon

The foreman
Stephen Hogan

Stephen Hogan

Thomas Naylor
Damien Marchal

Damien Marchal

Pavel Annenkov
Elsa Mollien

Elsa Mollien

Sybille Hess

Release date

2nd Mar 2017

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Français, Deutsch