Je Suis Karl is available on Netflix! If you want to know the explanation of the end, read on! The Netflix movie Je Suis Karl is a story of our time, and possibly the next. Director Christian Schwochow’s political thriller mixes realism and speculative fiction, showing how a teenage girl is manipulated, exploited and snatched up by a white European neofascist youth movement.

Escape is clearly not the point of this film, so those hoping not to be reminded of the precarious state of the world should look elsewhere. If you’ve finished the movie and you still have unanswered questions, you are given the explanation for the ending of Je Suis Karl on Netflix.

Je Suis Karl Ending Explained

The choice of the name Karl particularly reminds viewers of Karl Marx and his theory of materialist socio-economic analysis. However, this only serves to show how confused the beliefs of Karl and his followers are, Marxism by itself does not necessarily push for remigration.

In fact, at the second international assembly of the International Workers’ Association in 1867, Marx exclaimed that “controlled migration” was not the answer – the international organization was the need of the hour. And while the discussion of all of these ideologies can go on for hours and hours, we feel that the directors of Je Suis Karl chose the name of the protagonist to make viewers feel that the confusion they are experiencing is intentional.

The team behind the film wants audiences to feel the contrast and overlap of political ideas that have shaped our world today. After all, Karl and his group are the perpetrators of both acts of violence at the beginning and the end of the film. Their actions are meant to spark a collective revolution across Europe, and Karl’s death turns out to be that spark.

Yes, Karl is dead, and his death acts as the blindfold that makes the politically uninformed public perceive immigrants and Muslims as a threat to their ideas of what Europe is. The arguments that Karl, Maxi and Odile advance in their speeches come from a feeling of fear and the attack on Karl proves them right.

After Karl’s death, people adopt the song Je Suis Karl to honor the memory of someone they consider to be a hero. The impact of Karl’s death serves as a social commentary on counterfeit heroism, or, for that matter, on nationalism, although it is increasingly difficult to tell the difference between the two in our time.

At the end of Je Suis Karl, Alex and Maxi leave to save Yusuf from the riot. Instead, Yusuf ends up taking them to safety. The film ends with the trio walking through a dark underground tunnel with dim light at the end. Maxi, Alex and Yusuf emerged alive from the riot, and their collective destiny represents the codependency between the natives and the immigrants.

It’s a poignant note on which the film ends and leaves viewers with hope for a harmonious future, even if the possibility seems bleak. The fact that the audience is aware of the real threat to the film allows them to form an objective opinion on the themes it addresses. In the process, the film also presents audiences with the challenge of creating such nuanced views in real life.