The Leader - Season 1

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Different Youth

1 - Different Youth

Air Date: 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.

Defending the Rights of the People

2 - Defending the Rights of the People

Air Date: February 4, 2019

A New World View

3 - A New World View

Air Date: February 11, 2019

Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly

4 - Scientific Socialism Shines Brightly

Air Date: February 18, 2019

Great Work: Das Kapital

5 - Great Work: Das Kapital

Air Date: February 25, 2019

First International

6 - First International

Air Date: March 4, 2019

Marx Forever

7 - Marx Forever

Air Date: March 11, 2019