DAU. Katya Tanya vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.3/10 for DAU. Katya Tanya). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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DAU. Katya TanyaNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 4.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20202012
Length1h 43m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorIlya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina OertelPolly Findlay
Main castAlexey Trifonov, Ekaterina Yuspina, Tatiana Polozhy, Alexander Efimov, Teodor CurrentzisAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

DAU. Katya Tanya

Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.

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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