The Leader

S1 · E1 · Jan 28, 2019

Different Youth Episode 1

Starts depicting Karl Marx's funeral, then flashbacks to Trier High School, where Marx is giving his graduation speech. As Jenny von Westphalen hears his words, she remembers their together. After the discourse, Jenny invites Marx to a ball, where they dance together and Marx reveals he intends to go to the University of Bonn. Later, Jenny's brother, Ferdinand, who dislikes Marx's peasant background, expels Marx from the party when she is absent. They secretly meet each other and Marx promises he will marry her. Marx is disillusioned when Jenny arrives later at his departure and he cannot see her. At Bonn, Marx becomes fascinated by Immanuel Kant's philosophy, but gets involved in bar fights and spends a lot of money. This makes his father, Heinrich, force Marx to transfer to the more serious and academic University of Berlin to study law. There, Marx befriends Bruno Bauer and abandons Kantian philosophy in favor of G.W.F. Hegel's one.

S1 · E2 · Feb 4, 2019

Defending the Rights of the People Episode 2

S1 · E3 · Feb 11, 2019

A New World View Episode 3

S1 · E4 · Feb 18, 2019

Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly Episode 4

S1 · E5 · Feb 25, 2019

Great Work: Das Kapital Episode 5

S1 · E6 · Mar 4, 2019

First International Episode 6

S1 · E7 · Mar 11, 2019

Marx Forever Episode 7