National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.4/10 for The Best of Enemies). The Best of Enemies is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 2h 20m. The Best of Enemies is the older of the two (2019 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Best of Enemies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Robin Bissell |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Nick Searcy, Wes Bentley, Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Bruce McGill |
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…
The Best of Enemies
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
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