National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Man Who Knew Infinity
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.2/10 for The Man Who Knew Infinity). The Man Who Knew Infinity is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 20m. The Man Who Knew Infinity is the older of the two (2016 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Man Who Knew Infinity| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Man Who Knew Infinity | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Matt Brown |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Toby Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally, Stephen Fry |
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 Man Who Knew Infinity
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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