Lover of the Last Empress vs National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Lover of the Last Empress is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 22m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2013). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lover of the Last Empress
National Theatre Live: The Audience| Lover of the Last Empress | National Theatre Live: The Audience | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung | Robin Lough |
| Main cast | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung | Paul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams |
Synopsis
Lover of the Last Empress
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…
National Theatre Live: The Audience
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
Where to watch
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