Kundun vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Kundun). Kundun is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 20m. Kundun is the older of the two (1997 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kundun
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Kundun | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2022 |
| Length | 2h 14m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar, Gyurme Tethong, Robert Lin | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Kundun
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
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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