In 1844 Paris, while in his 20s, Karl Marx meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working-class. Although the two men are initially at odds with each other, the men befriend each other and start working together to create a new political movement to reform and unite the impoverished workers. This included revolutionizing labor law, ethics and child rights - so that child labor was finally made illegal in Europe. So I think this film gives a nice insight into the early lives of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; as well as their spouses, associates and friends - and how their altruistic theories (which were regarded as very radical during those times) improved the world. Indeed, it is regarded as text book knowledge in most European countries that Karl Marx contributed considerably in improving equality and ethics; especially in today's Germany, France and Britain - social benefits giving factory workers the opportunity to take pride in their work; by making top quality products while also being adequately paid for their work and receiving good pensions. However, it should also be noted that countries like China and the late Soviet Union abused the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; by corrupting their altruistic theories into an evil apparatus, to silence critics and strip people of their right to political participation - which of course Karl Marx and Engels never intended, as the political movement which they created leaned very much towards democratic freedoms and universal suffrage. In particular, the late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong is responsible of misusing and perverting the altruistic work of Karl Marx - which even to this day President Xi Jinping of China is doing, by refusing to allow democratic freedoms and universal suffrage to the people of Hong Kong and the rest of China.