National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
- Released on
- Runtime
- 140 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Aidan McArdle
- Faye Castelow
- Rhys Bailey
- Sebastian Armesto
- Arty Froushan
- Wesley Holloway
- Joshua Satine
- Aaron Shuf
- Oliver Kohn
- Mace Phoenix
- Aaron Neil
- Eleanor Wyld
- Jenna Augen
- Mark Edel-Hunt
- Edie Newman
- Ilan Galkoff
Director
- Patrick Marber