National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs W.

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.2/10 for W.). W. is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 20m. W. is the older of the two (2008 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt posterNational Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt2022 VS W. posterW.2008
National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtW.
Audience score★ 8.8/10★ 6.2/10
Year20222008
Length2h 20m2h 9m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country––
DirectorPatrick MarberOliver Stone
Main castArty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley HollowayJeffrey Wright, Jesse Bradford, Thandiwe Newton, Josh Brolin, Toby Jones

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…

W.

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

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