National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The 4th Wall
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The 4th Wall). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The 4th Wall| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The 4th Wall | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | David Oelhoffen |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Laurent Lafitte, Bernard Bloch, Simon Abkarian, Elie Njeim, Manal Issa |
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…
The 4th Wall
Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: to stage the play Antigone on the front line, in order to steal a moment of peace from the raging civil war. The characters will be played by actors from different political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he knows nothing about, Georges is guided by Marwan. As fighting…
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