National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Burial
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Burial). The Burial is the shorter watch at 2h 6m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Burial| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Burial | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2023 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Margaret Betts |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Amanda Warren, Bill Camp, Alan Ruck, Jurnee Smollett, Dorian Missick |
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 Burial
When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.
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