Fanon vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Fanon). Fanon is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fanon | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jean-Claude Barny | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Stanislas Merhar, Olivier Gourmet, Déborah François, Arthur Dupont, Salomé Partouche | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Fanon
Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique, has just been appointed head of department at the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria. His methods contrast with those of the other doctors in a context of colonization. A biopic in the heart of the Algerian war where a fight is waged in the name of Humanity.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in…
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