National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Victoria & Abdul
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Victoria & Abdul). Victoria & Abdul is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 20m. Victoria & Abdul is the older of the two (2017 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Victoria & Abdul| National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | Victoria & Abdul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | India |
| Director | Patrick Marber | Stephen Frears |
| Main cast | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway | Adeel Akhtar, Olivia Williams, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Michael Gambon |
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…
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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