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Season 1

7 episodes · 28th January 2019

"The Leader" tells the legendary story of the life of Karl Marx, the "millennial thinker". Marx is not only a great man, but also a person of flesh and blood. His obstructed love with Jenny and his almost missed friendship with Engels have become legends.

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01 Different Youth still Different Youth Episode 128th January 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. 02 Defending the Rights of the People still Defending the Rights of the People Episode 24th February 2019 03 A New World View still A New World View Episode 311th February 2019 04 Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly still Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly Episode 418th February 2019 05 Great Work: Das Kapital still Great Work: Das Kapital Episode 525th February 2019 06 First International still First International Episode 64th March 2019 07 Marx Forever still Marx Forever Episode 711th March 2019
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01 Shan Xin profile Shan Xinas Jenny Marx (voice) 02 Sheng Feng profile Sheng Fengas old Friedrich Engels (voice) 03 Sheng Guo profile Sheng Guoas Ferdinand (voice) 04 Tong Yin profile Tong Yinas Powell (voice) 05 Chen Siyu profile Chen Siyuas Friedrich Engels (voice) 06 Chang Rongshan profile Chang Rongshanas young Karl Marx (voice) 07 Teng Xin profile Teng Xinas Karl Marx (voice)
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