National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt

IMDb 8.8 2022 • 140 min • DramaHistory

Director

Patrick Marber

Country

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Aidan McArdle
Aidan McArdle Hermann
Faye Castelow
Faye Castelow Gretl
Rhys Bailey
Rhys Bailey Young Nathan
Sebastian Armesto
Sebastian Armesto
Arty Froushan
Arty Froushan Leo