Dream Story vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Dream Story). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dream Story
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Dream Story | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Florian Frerichs | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nikolai Kinski, Detlev Buck, Laurine Price, Nicole Nagel, Bruno Eyron | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Dream Story
After his wife confesses to having sexual fantasies about another man, a revered doctor becomes intrigued by a secret sex 'ball' attended by some of the city’s most prominent. Disguising himself in a cloak and mask, he sneaks in, despite warnings that attending could destroy his life.
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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