Barbara vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Barbara). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Barbara
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Barbara | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christian Petzold | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nina Hoss, Rainer Bock, Ronald Zehrfeld, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler-Bading | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Barbara
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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