National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs The Two Popes
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.5/10 for The Two Popes). The Two Popes is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 20m. The Two Popes is the older of the two (2019 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
The Two Popes| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | The Two Popes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Vincent Riotta, Renato Scarpa, Libero De Rienzo |
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 Two Popes
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
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