Taking Sides vs The Man Who Cried
Taking Sides has the higher audience score (6.2/10 against 6.1/10 for The Man Who Cried). The Man Who Cried is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 48m. The Man Who Cried is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are drama, music, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Taking Sides
The Man Who Cried| Taking Sides | The Man Who Cried | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, War | Drama, Music, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | István Szabó | Sally Potter |
| Main cast | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård | John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Harry Dean Stanton |
Synopsis
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…
The Man Who Cried
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
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