There’s something that seems to jinx biopics about Karl Marx and his family. Perhaps it’s the irreconcilable need to talk respectfully about these early defenders of the working class while at the same time making their life’s work relevant to audiences.
Few today read The Communist Manifest by Marx and Friedrich Engels, but many more could potentially get the highlights from a gripping film.
We’re still waiting for that movie. After Raoul Peck drew a blank with the disappointing The Young Karl Marx a few years ago, it’s the turn of Susanna Nicchiarelli to carry the burden in Miss Marx.
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