National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Rays and Shadows
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.5/10 for The Rays and Shadows). National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the shorter watch at 2h 20m compared with 3h 19m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2026). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Rays and Shadows| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Rays and Shadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 3h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Xavier Giannoli |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | André Marcon, Vincent Colombe, Jean Dujardin, August Diehl, Elina Löwensohn |
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 Rays and Shadows
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris…
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