National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Niki
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.2/10 for Niki). Niki is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 20m. 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
Niki| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Niki | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Céline Sallette |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | John Robinson, Charlotte Le Bon, Damien Bonnard, Virgile Bramly, Judith Chemla |
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…
Niki
French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come to France, where they experience a short-lived euphoria. Soon, distant and frightening memories begin to emerge in Niki’s mind. Her vocation as an artist will be her salvation.
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