Miss Marx
2020, Film, 107 min, Biography, Drama, History, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 62
The future is on our side.
In her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, a children’s rights activist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her father’s work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.
Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Cast
- Romola Garai as Eleanor Marx aka Tussy
- Patrick Kennedy as Edward Aveling
- John Gordon Sinclair as Friedrich Engels
- Felicity Montagu as Helen Demuth
- Karina Fernandez as Olive Shreiner
- Emma Cunniffe as Laura Marx
- Philip Gröning as Karl Marx
- George Arrendell as Paul Lafargue
- Célestin Ryelandt as Johnny Longuet
- Oliver Chris as Friedrich 'Freddy' Demuth
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