Flying Devils vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Flying Devils). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. Flying Devils is the older of the two (1985 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flying Devils
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Flying Devils | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Anders Refn | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Erland Josephson, Mario David, Warren Clarke, Pete Lee-Wilson, Senta Berger | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Flying Devils
A family of aerialists decides to go after the $250,000 prize being offered to any group that can execute a complicated trapeze maneuver. However, personal dramas and financial difficulties soon threaten to overtake the flyers' pursuit of the elusive quadruple somersault. The film received a Robert Award as the best Danish film of 1985.
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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