Genius of the Modern World
2016•B-15•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•7.6•Ended
Documentary
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Network
BBC Four
Origin
GB
Cast
Bettany Hughes
Self - Presenter
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