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.

• DirectorPatrick Marber
• Release27 January 2022
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 20m
• Budget?
• Revenue$941,000
• Rate
  

  8.8
  4 reviews
• Productions

  National Theatre