National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt

8.8

140m

2022

12A

Drama, History

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.

Starring

Aidan McArdle, Faye Castelow, Rhys Bailey, Sebastian Armesto, Arty Froushan, Wesley Holloway, Joshua Satine, Aaron Shuf, Oliver Kohn, Mace Phoenix

Directed By

Patrick Marber