National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Dancing Hawk
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for The Dancing Hawk). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. The Dancing Hawk is the older of the two (1978 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Dancing Hawk| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Dancing Hawk | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1978 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Grzegorz Królikiewicz |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Beata Tyszkiewicz, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Franciszek Trzeciak, Beata Tumkiewicz, Czesław Przybyła |
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 Dancing Hawk
A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he also abandon his soul?
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