The Young Karl Marx

(2017)Directed by Raoul Peck118 minHistory, 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.

August Diehlas Karl Marx
Stefan Konarskeas Friedrich Engels
Vicky Kriepsas Jenny von Westphalen
Olivier Gourmetas Pierre Proudhon
Hannah Steeleas Mary Burns
Rolf Kaniesas Moses Hess
Niels-Bruno Schmidtas Karl Grün
ASAlexander Scheeras Wilhelm Weitling
Marie Meinzenbachas Lenchen
Hans-Uwe Baueras Arnold Ruge
Wiebke Adam-Schwarzas Mme Ruge
Aran Bertettoas Paddy
Ulrich Brandhoffas Herrmann Kriege
Ivan Franěkas Bakunin
Peter Benedictas Friedrich Engels sen.
Éric Godonas The foreman
Stephen Hoganas Thomas Naylor
Inga R. Kammereras Old woman
Annabelle Lewistonas Lizzy Burns
Denis Lyonsas James
Damien Marchalas Pavel Annenkov
Elsa Mollienas Sybille Hess