The Leader (2019)
The life of German thinker Karl Marx, focusing on his political and economic theories, his romance with Jenny von Westphalen, and his friendship with Friedrich Engels.
The Leader: Season 1 - 7 Episode s
1x1 - Different Youth
January 28, 2019
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.
1x2 - Defending the Rights of the People
February 4, 2019
1x3 - A New World View
February 11, 2019
1x4 - Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly
February 18, 2019
1x5 - Great Work: Das Kapital
February 25, 2019
1x6 - First International
March 4, 2019
1x7 - Marx Forever
March 11, 2019