National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Railway Man
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.8/10 for The Railway Man). The Railway Man is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 20m. The Railway Man is the older of the two (2013 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Railway Man| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Railway Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jeremy Irvine, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård |
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 Railway Man
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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