National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Spotlight
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.8/10 for Spotlight). Spotlight is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 20m. Spotlight is the older of the two (2015 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Spotlight | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2015 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Tom McCarthy |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Neal Huff, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Billy Crudup, Mark Ruffalo |
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…
Spotlight
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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