National Theatre Live: All My Sons vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: All My Sons and National Theatre Live: Antigone are tied on audience score (10/10). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 15m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: All My Sons posterNational Theatre Live: All My Sons2026 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
National Theatre Live: All My SonsNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262012
Length2h 15m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorIvo van HovePolly Findlay
Main castBryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney, Hayley SquiresAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe Heller, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

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