National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Stein
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 3.5/10 for Stein). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 48m. Stein is the older of the two (1991 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Stein| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Stein | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 3.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Egon Günther |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Christian Kuchenbuch, Rolf Ludwig, Franziska Herold, Evelin Dahm, Uwe Dag Berlin |
Synopsis
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…
Stein
Actor Ernst Stein, having abdicated from the stage in 1968 in protest of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, has long since retreated from the world around him. In a remote house encircled by an overgrown garden, he lives in a world of dreams and memories. Suddenly, in 1989, an out-of-kilter society sends forth its progeny. Young people, tramps and characters of all sorts take refuge with Stein for a short span, carrying the turmoil of the…
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