National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
A passionate drama of love, family and endurance.
2022 · 2h 20m · N/A Drama, History
Overview
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play.
Director and cast
More films
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Drama · Romance · Approved
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Cast
- Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Drama · Romance · Not Rated
Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance o...
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Director
- Rolf Schübel
- Cast
- Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król, Ben Becker
The Illusionist (2006)
Drama · Fantasy · Romance · Thriller · PG-13
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Director
- Neil Burger
- Cast
- Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel
Freedom Writers (2007)
Crime · Drama · PG-13
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Director
- Richard LaGravenese
- Cast
- Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Drama · War · PG
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, pre...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Cast
- Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette
Comments
Talk about the film with other members