Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Romola Garai as Eleanor 'Tussy' Marx
- Patrick Kennedy as Edward Aveling
- John Gordon Sinclair as Friedrich Engels
- Felicity Montagu as Helene Demuth
- Karina Fernandez as Olive Schreiner
- Emma Cunniffe as Laura Marx
- George Arrendell as Paul Lafargue
- Célestin Ryelandt as Johnny Longuet
- Oliver Chris as Freddy
- Alexandra Lewis as Edward's young wife
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