Burt vs Stein
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 3.5/10 for Stein). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 48m. Stein is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Stein| Burt | Stein | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 3.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Egon Günther |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Christian Kuchenbuch, Rolf Ludwig, Franziska Herold, Evelin Dahm, Uwe Dag Berlin |
Synopsis
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.
Stein
Actor Ernst Stein, having abdicated from the stage in 1968 in protest of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, has long since retreated from the world around him. In a remote house encircled by an overgrown garden, he lives in a world of dreams and memories. Suddenly, in 1989, an out-of-kilter society sends forth its progeny. Young people, tramps and characters of all sorts take refuge with Stein for a short span, carrying the turmoil of the…