Deathwatch vs Son of Saul
Son of Saul has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.7/10 for Deathwatch). Deathwatch is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 47m. Deathwatch is the older of the two (2002 against 2015). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Deathwatch
Son of Saul| Deathwatch | Son of Saul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller, War | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | MJ Bassett | László Nemes |
| Main cast | Matthew Rhys, Hugo Speer, Torben Liebrecht, Hugh O'Conor, Jamie Bell | Urs Rechn, Marcin Czarnik, Mihály Kormos, Jerzy Walczak, Sándor Zsótér |
Synopsis
Deathwatch
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon…
Son of Saul
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.
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