A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 6, 1970

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Russian

Countries

East Germany, Soviet Union

Production

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

Cast

Viktor Tatarsky,Manfred Wagner

Director

Klaus Georgi,Fyodor Khitruk,Katja Georgi,Vadim Kurchevskiy

Writer

Klaus Georgi,Fyodor Khitruk,Katja Georgi,Vadim Kurchevskiy

Cinematography

Manfred Henke,Werner Baensch

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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