National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 4m. 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: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard posterThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard2026
National Theatre Live: AntigoneThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 4.0/10
Year20122026
Length1h 32m2h 4m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayDavid Verbeek
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerNicholas Pinnock, Eoin Duffy, Marie Jung, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Jessica Reynolds

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 Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

When a girl raised by wolves is found in the woods, she must learn to forge her own path as those around her try to exploit her for their own purposes.

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