National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Smashing Machine
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.8/10 for The Smashing Machine). The Smashing Machine is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Smashing Machine| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Smashing Machine | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Benny Safdie |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Bas Rutten, Randi Lynne, Andre Tricoteux |
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 Smashing Machine
In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opiod dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.
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