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.
What is Awake and Sing! about?
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. Awake and Sing! is a Drama movie, released on 1972-03-06, runtime 95 minutes.
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Directed by
Norman Lloyd, Robert Hopkins
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Moe Axelrod
- Ron Rifkin as Sam Feinschreiber
- Felicia Farr as Hennie
- Martin Ritt as Uncle Morty
- Leo Fuchs as Jacob
- Robert Lipton as Ralph Berger
- John Myhers as Schlosser
- Ruth Storey as Bessie Berger
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