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
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Facts
Original TitleAwake and Sing!
Status Released
Release Information
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1972-03-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 35m
Production CompaniesKCET,Broadway Theatre Archive
Genres
- Drama
