National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Saipan
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7/10 for Saipan). Saipan is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Saipan| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Saipan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Peter McDonald, Steve Coogan, Aoife Hinds, Jamie Beamish, Alice Lowe |
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…
Saipan
On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with manager Mick McCarthy.
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