Hannah Arendt vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Hannah Arendt). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 53m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hannah Arendt
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Hannah Arendt | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Margarethe von Trotta | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nicholas Woodeson, Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Claire Johnston, Ulrich Noethen | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Hannah Arendt
HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a furious scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré also struggles to suppress her own painful…
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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