A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters

Ein junger Mann namens Engels – Ein Porträt in Briefen

Overview

With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer thus gets to know the young Engels personally, learning about the significant moments of his development from a bourgeois-liberal upbringing to the theoretical partner of Karl Marx. Later be awarded the Gold Dove at the International Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week.

Production

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Soyuzmultfilm