National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Selma
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Selma). Selma is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 20m. Selma is the older of the two (2014 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Selma| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Selma | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Ava DuVernay |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Colman Domingo, LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Common, Carmen Ejogo |
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…
Selma
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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