Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 5.9/10 for Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean). Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean is the shorter watch at 1h 39m 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.
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Éric Besnard | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Albert Dupontel, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Lamy, Bernard Campan, Isabelle Carré | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is released from prison after nineteen years of hard labor, violence, and suffering. Filled with anger and a deep sense of injustice, he has become a dangerous man who trusts no one and nothing. When he arrives in a small village in Provence, he is repeatedly turned away. Desperate, he unknowingly finds refuge at the house of Bishop Bienvenu, who lives simply, with his sister and a single servant. There, he is surprised by their…
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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