Giant vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Giant). Giant is the shorter watch at 1h 50m 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.
Giant
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Giant | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Rowan Athale | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Toby Stephens, Pierce Brosnan, Amir El-Masry, Andy M Milligan, Isabelle Bonfrer | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Giant
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky persona, and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing’s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of ’80s and…
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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