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- Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in Trier, then Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation. His father, Hershel Mordechai, was the son of a rabbi. Karl converted to Lutheran Christianity because Jews were not allowed to practice law. He graduated from the Trier Gymnasium, then studied law at the University of Bonn, where he was briefly a president of the Trier Tavern Club. He transfered to the Fridrich-Wilhelms-Universitat in Berlin, from which he graduated in 1841 with a doctorate in philosophy. He abandoned a university career and became an editor of a liberal newspaper, "Rheinische Zeitung", in Cologne. A year later the paper was shut down by the Prussian government. Marx moved to France, where he wrote "Zur Judenfrage" ("On the Jewish Question", 1843), a critique of civil rights in his time.
In Paris Marx met Friedrich Engels. Engels was the son of a wealthy capitalist and supported Marx throughout his life. Together they developed the communist ideology. Police forced him to leave Paris and he moved with Engels to Brussels. There he developed the materialist conception of history and wrote "The German Ideology" and "The Poverty of Philosophy", which was a critique of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's socialist thought. On February 21, 1848, Marx and Engels published "The Communist Manifesto", which called for revolution instead of reforms. It described all human history as a class struggle. It was commissioned by the Communist League of German emigrants in London. Marx himself was active in London.
Police arrested Marx and expelled him from Belgium. He returned to Paris. There he managed to get the French government money to subsidize four hundred German immigrants' return tickets. In 1849 the French government collapsed and Marx returned to Cologne. There he was on two trials for his calls for armed rebellion of the poor. He was acquitted twice, but his newspaper was closed. He returned to Paris again, but was forced out. With the money from Engels he moved to London. There Marx lived for the rest of his life on financial contributions from Engels.
In London he became the central figure in a new organization called "The International Working Men's Association", which surfaced in 1864. Marx authored its first public statement in 1864, and many declarations and manifestos that followed. "Das Kapital"--his main work on economics--was drafted in three volumes. Only the first volume was completed and published in 1867. The second and third volumes remained unfinished and were published posthumously.
Marx and his wife Jenny von Westphalen had six children, three of whom died at young age. His daughter Eleanor was a socialist and assisted Marx in editing his works. She committed suicide in 1898. His other daughter, Laura, committed suicide in 1911. Karl Marx died on March 14, 1883, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery in London. - Actor
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Sebastian Fräsdorf was born in October 1986 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor and editor, known for Bruder Schwester Herz (2019), Doc Meets Dorf (2013) and The Last Word (2020).- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Udo Lutz was born on 28 July 1969 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Men to Kiss (2012), Alex und der Löwe (2010) and Das Phallometer (2013). He was previously married to Alexander Kießlich.- Ute Messner was born on 30 June 1941 in Trier, Germany.
- Cristin König was born in 1965 in Trier, Germany. She is an actress, known for Vaterland (1992), Origin (2023) and Charité (2017).
- Léonie Thelen was born on 25 February 1959 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Tatort (1970) and Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari (1998).
- Roland Wolf was born in 1978 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor, known for Babylon Berlin (2017), Sankt Maik (2018) and Tatort (1970).
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
Sonja Zimmerschitt was born in Trier, Germany. She is known for Sarah Kohr (2014), Die grünen Hügel von Wales (2010) and Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (2002).- Günter Geiermann was born on 1 April 1938 in Trier, Germany. He was an actor, known for Forsthaus Falkenau (1989), Die Totenschmecker (1979) and Tatort (1970). He died on 20 August 2013.
- Mia Ceran was born on 15 November 1986 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Gitta Lind was born on 17 April 1925 in Trier, Germany. She was an actress, known for Meine Frau macht Musik (1958), Hochstaplerin der Liebe (1954) and Südliche Nächte (1953). She was married to Joachim Fuchsberger and Stanley Brown. She died on 9 November 1974 in Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Guildo Horn was born on 14 February 1953 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Waschen, schneiden, legen (1999), Das erste Semester (1997) and In aller Freundschaft (1998). He has been married to Daniela since 2013. They have one child. He was previously married to Thekla Chabbi.- Franz Grundheber was born on 27 September 1937 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1971), Wozzeck (1987) and Der Rosenkavalier (2009). He is married to Angelika.
- Michael Schmidt-Salomon was born on 14 September 1967 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Actor
- Producer
Christof Düro was born on 30 November 1963 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for The Door (2009), Alle in einem Boot (2019) and Deathline (1996).- Oliver Marlo was born in 1956 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor, known for Weinberg (2015), Spy City (2020) and Lindenstraße (1985).
- Arthur Binder was born on 23 February 1919 in Trier, Germany. He was an actor, known for Rockys Messer (1967), Ninotschka und Peer (1962) and The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968). He died on 1 June 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Carl Stueber was born on 18 June 1893 in Trier, Rhine Province, Prussia [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1955), Die Heinzelmännchen (1956) and The Donkey, the Table & the Stick (1956). He died in 1984.
- Ludwig Ring-Eifel was born in 1960 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Kampf um den Vatikan - Hinter den Kulissen des Konzils (2012), Benedikt XVI. - Der rätselhafte Papst (2006) and Eins zu eins (2009).
- Ursula Krechel was born on 4 December 1947 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She is a writer, known for Erika (1976), Erika (1976) and Redemption Road (2017). She is married to Herbert Wiesner.
- Reimar J. Baur was born on 23 January 1928 in Trier, Germany. He was an actor, known for Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970), Johannes Kepler (1974) and Draußen vor der Tür (1960). He was married to Annelene Hischer. He died on 8 March 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
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- Producer
- Production Manager
Andreas Brauer was born in 1973 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an assistant director and producer, known for A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot (2014), Future Is a Lonely Place (2021) and Eine Insel namens Udo (2011).- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Tim Breuer was born on 24 December 2002 in Trier, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Wie macht man... eine Trommel? (2019) and Ungetüm überrennt Ursleben (2022).- Reinhard Horras was born in 1935 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor, known for Battle of Britain (1969), Hamburg Transit (1970) and Hausfrauen-Report (1971).
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anke Wagner was born on 25 January 1978 in Trier, Germany. She is an assistant director, known for Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001), Tatort (1970) and Abschied von Agnes (1994).