National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Tragedy of Man

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.4/10 for The Tragedy of Man). National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the shorter watch at 2h 20m compared with 2h 46m. The Tragedy of Man is the older of the two (2011 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt posterNational Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt2022 VS The Tragedy of Man posterThe Tragedy of Man2011
National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtThe Tragedy of Man
Audience score★ 8.8/10★ 7.4/10
Year20222011
Length2h 20m2h 46m
GenresDrama, HistoryAnimation, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorPatrick MarberMarcell Jankovics
Main castArty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley HollowayTamás Széles, Ágnes Bertalan, Mátyás Usztics, Tibor Szilágyi, Piroska Molnár

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 Tragedy of Man

Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.

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