National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Current War
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.7/10 for The Current War). The Current War is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 20m. The Current War is the older of the two (2018 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Current War| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Current War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | Russia |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Michael Shannon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Katherine Waterston, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton |
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 Current War
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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