Movie Description
Awake and Sing!
(1972)Overview
The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays cynical World War I amputee Moe Axelrod, and Leo Fuchs portrays the family's iron-willed leftist grandfather.
Featured Crew
- Director : Norman Lloyd,Robert Hopkins
- Producer : Norman Lloyd
- Writer : Clifford Odets
- Cast : Walter Matthau,Ron Rifkin,Felicia Farr,Martin Ritt,Leo Fuchs,Robert Lipton,John Myhers,Ruth Storey
Cast
Moe Axelrod
Sam Feinschreiber
Hennie
Uncle Morty
Jacob
Ralph Berger
Schlosser
Bessie Berger
Posters
Facts
Original TitleAwake and Sing!
Status Released
Release Information
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1972-06-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 35m
Production CompaniesKCET,Broadway Theatre Archive
Genres
- Drama
