National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Race
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.3/10 for Race). Race is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 20m. Race is the older of the two (2016 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Race| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Stephen Hopkins |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Crew, Chantel Riley, William Hurt, Jeremy Irons |
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…
Race
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
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