CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 2h 6m

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

82%(5)IMDbComedy

1850, and Europe’s most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy. Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there’s still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.

Directed byNicholas Hytner

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 6m
Language
EN
Released
December 7, 2017
Studios
Bridge TheatreNational Theatre

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Trailers & teasers

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National Theatre Live: Young Marx | Trailer

National Theatre Live: Young Marx | Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Marx

Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns

Oliver Chris

Oliver Chris

Engels

Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll

Laura Elphinstone

Laura Elphinstone

Miltos Yerolemou

Miltos Yerolemou

Harriet Turnbull

Harriet Turnbull

Jenny "Qui Qui" Marx

Rupert Turnbull

Rupert Turnbull

Guido "Fawksey" Marx

Creative team
Directed by
Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner
Written by
Clive Coleman
Richard Bean

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