The Young Karl Marx

Name: The Young Karl Marx
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2017-03-02
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet, Hannah Steele

2017·Movie·118 min·★ 6.8(324)

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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.

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About The Young Karl Marx

The Young Karl Marx is a 2017 French-language history and drama film directed by Raoul Peck. The cast is led by August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps. It has a runtime of 1h 58m. Viewers rate it 6.8/10 across 300 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

The Young Karl Marx was produced by Rohfilm, Velvet Film, and Artémis Productions and made in Belgium and France. It was released on March 2, 2017.

Director: Raoul Peck
Writers: Raoul Peck, Pascal Bonitzer
Release date: March 2, 2017
Original language: French
Status: Released
Country: Belgium, France
Production: Rohfilm, Velvet Film, Artémis Productions

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The Young Karl Marx cast & crew

The Young Karl Marx was directed by Raoul Peck and written by Raoul Peck and Pascal Bonitzer.

The cast features 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 Rolf Kanies as Moses Hess.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Alexei Aigui, cinematography is by Kolja Brandt, and it was produced by Nicolas Blanc and Rémi Grellety.

Is The Young Karl Marx worth watching?

The Young Karl Marx holds an audience score of 6.8/10 from 324 ratings, a solidly received history films.

At 1h 58m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy history and drama, The Young Karl Marx is worth a place on your watchlist.

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