Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko). Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 32m. Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko is the older of the two (1925 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1925 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Sehnert | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Eduard Pütsep, Kalju Raag, Valentine Vassiljeva, Ella Silber, Leonid Puhov | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko
The Soviet Russia of 1920s. A group of Estonians, including young woman Agnes and her mother, Agnes’s friend engineer Karl Raudsepp and his fiancee Erna, are waiting for permission to return to Estonia. Love, however, won’t ask about people’s plans, poor conditions nor general atmosphere of violence. The mutual feelings between Karl and Agnes make Erna so jealous that she will make a false complaint about Agnes to Cheka. Agnes’s beauty…
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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