National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Cool Lakes of Death
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 5.9/10 for The Cool Lakes of Death). The Cool Lakes of Death is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 20m. The Cool Lakes of Death is the older of the two (1982 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Cool Lakes of Death| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Cool Lakes of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 1982 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | Netherlands |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Nouchka van Brakel |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Derek de Lint, Renée Soutendijk, Huub Stapel, Peter Faber, Erik van 't Wout |
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 Cool Lakes of Death
Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.
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