National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The White Dove
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for The White Dove). The White Dove is the shorter watch at 1h 7m compared with 1h 32m. The White Dove is the older of the two (1960 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The White Dove| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The White Dove | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1960 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 7m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Czechoslovakia |
| Director | Polly Findlay | František Vláčil |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Hans-Peter Reinecke, Kateřina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Anna Pitašová, Václav Irmanov |
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 White Dove
A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the boy. Together they take care of it bringing it back to recovery.
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