Berlin in Berlin vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Berlin in Berlin). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 39m. Berlin in Berlin is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Berlin in Berlin posterBerlin in Berlin1993 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Berlin in BerlinNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year19932012
Length1h 39m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorSinan ÇetinPolly Findlay
Main castSarah Chaumette, Hülya Avşar, Aliye Rona, Zafer Ergin, Cem ÖzerAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Berlin in Berlin

A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Her husband finds out and starts a fight. In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband.

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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