National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)

July 25th, 20193h 30min

Drama
87%

Overview

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.


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