National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt vs Young Woman and the Sea

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.9/10 for Young Woman and the Sea). Young Woman and the Sea is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt is the older of the two (2022 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt posterNational Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt2022 VS Young Woman and the Sea posterYoung Woman and the Sea2024
National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtYoung Woman and the Sea
Audience score★ 8.8/10★ 7.9/10
Year20222024
Length2h 20m2h 9m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country–United States of America
DirectorPatrick MarberJoachim Rønning
Main castArty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley HollowayStephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Olive Elise Abercrombie, Alex Hassell, Christopher Eccleston

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…

Young Woman and the Sea

This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England.

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