National Theatre Live: The Audience vs Waiting for the Barbarians
National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.9/10 for Waiting for the Barbarians). Waiting for the Barbarians is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 22m. National Theatre Live: The Audience is the older of the two (2013 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: The Audience
Waiting for the Barbarians| National Theatre Live: The Audience | Waiting for the Barbarians | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 22m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Robin Lough | Ciro Guerra |
| Main cast | Paul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams | Sam Reid, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson |
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.
Waiting for the Barbarians
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Where to watch
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