Hero of the Red Light District vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8.7/10 for Hero of the Red Light District). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 20m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Hero of the Red Light District | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
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…
Where to watch
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