With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer thus gets to know the young Engels personally, learning about the significant moments of his development from a bourgeois-liberal upbringing to the theoretical partner of Karl Marx. Later be awarded the Gold Dove at the International Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week.
| Release Date | November 6, 1970 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Ein junger Mann namens Engels – Ein Porträt in Briefen | |
| Runtime | 20min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | German, Russian | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | East Germany, Soviet Union | |
| Production Companies | DEFA-Studio für TrickfilmeDEFASoyuzmultfilm | |