Genres
Production Companies
Velvet Film
Artémis Productions
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
The Young Karl Marx (Le Jeune Karl Marx)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Raoul Peck
Screenplay: Raoul Peck, Pascal Bonitzer
Director of Photography: Kolja Brandt
Producer: Nicolas Blanc, Rémi Grellety, Robert Guédiguian, Raoul Peck
Top 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
Videos
The Young Karl Marx – Trailer – SFF 17
