National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy | Official Trailer

The Lehman Trilogy was captured live from London’s West End and is screening in select cinemas. Find your nearest venue: --- The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons. 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. --- National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to a cinema screen near you. Our state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, give you the best seats in the house. Lose yourself in stories from every time, place and v