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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,851 2020s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Susanna NicchiarelliWriter
- Susanna NicchiarelliDirector
Cast
- Romola GaraiEleanor 'Tussy' Marx
- Patrick KennedyEdward Aveling
- John Gordon SinclairFriedrich Engels
- Felicity MontaguHelene Demuth
- Karina FernandezOlive Schreiner
- Emma CunniffeLaura Marx
- George ArrendellPaul Lafargue
- Célestin RyelandtJohnny Longuet
- Oliver ChrisFreddy
- Alexandra LewisEdward's young wife
- Georgina SadlerGerty
- Miel Van HasseltWilhelm Liebknecht
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Themes
socialismcommunism