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. | ||
Title | : | Awake and Sing! |
Release Date | : | 1972-06-03 |
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Production Countries | : | United States of America, |
Production Co. | : | KCET Broadway Theatre Archive |
Genres | : | Drama, |
Casts | : | Walter Matthau, Ron Rifkin, Felicia Farr, Martin Ritt, Leo Fuchs, Robert Lipton, John Myhers, Ruth Storey, |
Plot Keywords | : | new york city, world war i, great depression, filmed theater, |
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