Henry VIII and His Six Wives vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 5.6/10 for Henry VIII and His Six Wives). Henry VIII and His Six Wives is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 20m. Henry VIII and His Six Wives is the older of the two (1972 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Henry VIII and His Six Wives | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1972 | 2022 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Waris Hussein | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Michael Gough, Charlotte Rampling, Brian Blessed, Donald Pleasence, Frances Cuka | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
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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