---
title: 'The Young Karl Marx (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Peck'
released: '2017-02-12'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-young-karl-marx-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699518/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Young Karl Marx (2017)

2017 · 118 min · Drama, History · Germany, France, Belgium

Original title: Le Jeune Karl Marx

## Synopsis

The Young Karl Marx is a 2017 historical drama film about Karl Marx, directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, co-written by Peck and Pascal Bonitzer, and starring August Diehl. It had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2017.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raoul Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-peck)
- **Screenplay:** [Raoul Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-peck), [Pascal Bonitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-bonitzer), [Pierre Hodgson](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-hodgson)
- **Producer:** [Raoul Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-peck), [Robert Guédiguian](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-guediguian), [Nicolas Blanc](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-blanc), [Rémi Grellety](https://cinepixo.com/people/remi-grellety)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexei Gennadjewitsch Aigi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexei-gennadjewitsch-aigi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kolja Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/kolja-brandt)
- **Editor:** [Frédérique Broos](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederique-broos)

## Cast

- [Olivier Gourmet](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-gourmet) as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- [Niels Bruno Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/niels-bruno-schmidt) as Karl Grün
- [Rolf Kanies](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-kanies) as Moses Hess
- [Stephen Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-hogan) as Thomas Naylor
- [Éric Godon](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-godon) as The foreman
- [Hans-Uwe Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-uwe-bauer) as Arnold Ruge
- [Alexander Scheer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-scheer) as Wilhelm Weitling
- [Jürgen Rißmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-ri-mann)
- [August Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-diehl) as Karl Marx
- [Stefan Konarske](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-konarske) as Friedrich Engels
- [Marie Meinzenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-meinzenbach) as Helene Demuth
- [Torsten Ranft](https://cinepixo.com/people/torsten-ranft)
- [Hannah Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannah-steele) as Mary Burns
- [Peter Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benedict) as Friedrich Engels Sr.
- [Ulrich Brandhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-brandhoff) as Hermann Kriege

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