Assa vs The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.8/10 for Assa). Assa is the shorter watch at 2h 33m compared with 2h 40m. Assa is the older of the two (1987 against 2011). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Assa posterAssa1987 VS The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall posterThe Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall2011
AssaThe Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.4/10
Year19872011
Length2h 33m2h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, Music, RomanceDrama, Music, Romance
Country––
DirectorSergey SolovyovLaurence Connor, Nick Morris
Main castAleksandr Bashirov, Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexandr DomogarovSergei Polunin, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Liz Robertson

Synopsis

Assa

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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