Karl Marx und seine Erben
Genres
Overview
Over the past hundred years, dramatic social upheavals have taken place in the name of Karl Marx's theories. In Western Europe, the student movement of 1968 and the Eurocommunists were inspired. And in recent times, the thinker has experienced a renaissance.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
0 min
Release Date
2018-04-28
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7
Hansi Jochmann
Narrator (voice)
Wiebke Frost
Narrator (voice)
Jan Single
Narrator (voice)
Marco Wittorf
Narrator (voice)
Werner Rätz
Self
Andreas Ludwig
Self
Christina Morina
Self
Stephen Smith
Self
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Mathias Greffrath
Self
Zhang Shuangli
Self
Zhong Jun
Self
Wu Weishan
Self
Pierre Laurent
Self
Georges Marchais
Self (archive footage)
Enrico Berlinguer
Self (archive footage)
Willi Stoph
Self (archive footage)
Lev Kerbel
Self
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Sahra Wagenknecht
Self
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Peter Schneider
Self
Geraint Anderson
Self
Yánis Varoufákis
Self
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