The Young Karl Marx

Le jeune Karl Marx

This gripping biopic tells the story of how a 26-year-old Karl Marx met Friedrich Engels and created a movement that would change the course of political history. Directed by the brilliant mind behind I Am Not Your Negro, (Raoul Peck) this film faithfully retells the origin story of modern communist thought.

Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. Winner of the Founders Grand Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival.

"THE YOUNG KARL MARX is a buddy movie about the founders of Communism ... both intellectually serious and engagingly free-spirited." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times