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What is propaganda? Propaganda is enchantment, not force
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The Young Karl Marx

What is propaganda?Propaganda is enchantment, not force, Its objective is to bring...

What is propaganda?
Propaganda is enchantment, not force, Its objective is to bring society
inline and to mobilise it through mass mania

Full Transcript

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What is propaganda? Propaganda is enchantment, not force,
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Its objective is to bring society inline and to mobilise it
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through mass mania.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:33
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
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Movie Summary

The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.
Pabst shows a Mediaeval world removed from the German present - The Young Karl Marx 00:15
Pabst shows a Mediaeval world removed from the German presen...
For a moment, they seem to be completely unified with their leader: - The Young Karl Marx 00:11
For a moment, they seem to be completely unified with their ...
He fights against the mania as well as ideologues - The Young Karl Marx 00:06
He fights against the mania as well as ideologues
"Propaganda is totalitarian, regressive and nihilistic. - The Young Karl Marx 00:05
"Propaganda is totalitarian, regressive and nihilistic.
You remove any remaining substance from meaningful terms, - The Young Karl Marx 00:08
You remove any remaining substance from meaningful terms,
From beneath the tumult of propaganda a skull appears.” - The Young Karl Marx 00:05
From beneath the tumult of propaganda a skull appears.”
Since 1933, - The Young Karl Marx 00:11
Since 1933,
In exile, Kracauer wrote his great historical work, - The Young Karl Marx 00:09
In exile, Kracauer wrote his great historical work,
He also wrote an important but little-known study - The Young Karl Marx 00:07
He also wrote an important but little-known study
According to Kracauer, cinema is a seismograph of its time, - The Young Karl Marx 00:09
According to Kracauer, cinema is a seismograph of its time,
It has an underlying meaning that can be exposed. - The Young Karl Marx 00:04
It has an underlying meaning that can be exposed.
If that is true, and we believe it is, - The Young Karl Marx 00:08
If that is true, and we believe it is,
What is the effect of their myths and narratives, - The Young Karl Marx 00:09
What is the effect of their myths and narratives,
What does German cinema tell, that we have forgotten? - The Young Karl Marx 00:05
What does German cinema tell, that we have forgotten?
The first effective, if very obvious, propaganda film - The Young Karl Marx 00:06
The first effective, if very obvious, propaganda film
Hans Steinhoff's film tells of Quex, a working class boy. - The Young Karl Marx 00:05
Hans Steinhoff's film tells of Quex, a working class bo...
The chaos of the images and the musical references - The Young Karl Marx 00:07
The chaos of the images and the musical references
People, listen to the call... - The Young Karl Marx 00:06
People, listen to the call...
People, hear... - People, hear the... - The Young Karl Marx 00:08
People, hear... - People, hear the...
The film works as a psychographics of fascism: - The Young Karl Marx 00:12
The film works as a psychographics of fascism: