The most popular symbol of the radical left in Germany is an avowed anti-capitalist and a firm believer in collective property.
“We can be friends,” the movie’s marsupial hero says to his more moderate political ally, before whispering to himself: “Until after the revolution, anyway.”
Anyone who sees The Kangaroo Chronicles will know that a broad-church German left setting its eyes on government in 2021 will meet similar turbulence along the way.
Ramelow was one of the first to criticise the comments when the video emerged, calling them “unacceptable”.