THE YOUNG KARL MARX
by Raoul Peck
synopsis
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who investigated 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.
international title: | The Young Karl Marx |
original title: | Le Jeune Karl Marx |
country: | France, Belgium, Germany |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Raoul Peck |
film run: | 112' |
release date: | FR 27/09/2017, DE 2/03/2017, IT 5/04/2018, UK 4/05/2018 |
screenplay: | Raoul Peck, Pascal Bonitzer |
cast: | August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet, Hannah Steele, Alexander Scheer |
cinematography by: | Kolja Brandt |
art director: | Benoît Barouh |
costumes designer: | Paule Mangenot |
producer: | Nicolas Blanc, Robert Guédiguian, Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety, Benny Drechsel, Patrick Quinet |
production: | Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Velvet Film, Rohfilm GmbH, Artémis Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Jouror Productions |
backing: | CNC’s advance on receipts, Indéfilms, A Plus Images, Sofitvciné Soficas |
distributor: | Diaphana Distribution, Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH, Wanted Cinema, ICA Cinema |