National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Nickel Boys
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Nickel Boys). National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Nickel Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | RaMell Ross |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Hamish Linklater, Luke Tennie, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Gralen Bryant Banks, Fred Hechinger |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in…
Nickel Boys
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