Persecution vs Taking Sides
Persecution has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Persecution is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 48m. Persecution is the older of the two (1972 against 2002). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Persecution
Taking Sides| Persecution | Taking Sides | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 1972 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Music, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Atıf Yılmaz | István Szabó |
| Main cast | Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Muammer Gözalan, Nedret Güvenç, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård |
Synopsis
Persecution
Ayla is a conservatory student. Through a coincidence, she meets Tarık, a famous composer. They fall in love and soon become engaged. On a trip abroad, Tarık experiences one of Ayla's biggest traumas. This disaster will affect the fate of the duo in a bad way.
Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…
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