Taking Sides vs The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Taking Sides is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 40m. Taking Sides is the older of the two (2002 against 2011). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Taking Sides
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall| Taking Sides | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, War | Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | István Szabó | Laurence Connor, Nick Morris |
| Main cast | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård | Sergei Polunin, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Liz Robertson |
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 Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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