National Theatre Live: The Audience vs The Rays and Shadows
National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.5/10 for The Rays and Shadows). National Theatre Live: The Audience is the shorter watch at 2h 22m compared with 3h 19m. National Theatre Live: The Audience is the older of the two (2013 against 2026). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: The Audience
The Rays and Shadows| National Theatre Live: The Audience | The Rays and Shadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 22m | 3h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robin Lough | Xavier Giannoli |
| Main cast | Paul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams | André Marcon, Vincent Colombe, Jean Dujardin, August Diehl, Elina Löwensohn |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: The Audience
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
The Rays and Shadows
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris…
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