Sleepless Years

The story

The "sleepless years" in this propaganda piece by director Felix Marlassy occur on Csepel Island, an island south of Budapest that is home to an armaments factory. The factory workers are shown being exploited by imperialists, capitalists gone berserk, and fascists, more or less in that exact chronological sequence. The heavy-handed approach does much to undercut the belief that when socialism finally takes over, the lives of the workers are brought up to a human level. In this instance, audiences might prefer a more nuanced and subtle statement, no matter what the message.

Cast

É Éva RuttkaiVilma G Géza TordyKaresz É Éva VassIrén G Gábor AgárdyTóth M Mari TörőcsikKató I István AvarTutó H Hilda GobbiVolone O Oszkár AscherDirector Lisszauer Z Zoltán MakláryKnézits, factory porter G Gyula Bakos B Béla BarsiMihalik G Gyula BodrogiCserna

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L Lajos Boray E Elma BullaCsótiné F Ferenc Deák B. S Sándor Deák J József FonyóBerczik Z Zoltán Gera G György Gonda J János Gosztonyi P Pálma Gyimesi L László Hlatky J János Horkay J József Horváth L László Inke J József Kautzky É Éva Kelemen M Mária Keresztessy E Erzsi Lengyel M Mária Majláth J János Makláry L László Misoga G Gábor Mádi Szabó L László Márkus V Viola Orbán S Sándor Pethes S Sándor Peti P Piri Peéry J János Pásztor B Blanka Péchy J János Rajz G Gellért Raksányi I István Rozsos S Sándor Siménfalvy I Irén Sitkey B Bertalan Solti L Lajos Sugár E Ernö Szabó A András Tassy H Hédi TemessyLisszauerné S Sándor Tompa Á Árpád Téry F Ferike Vidor J József Vándor F Ferenc ZentheJani Knézits J Judit Zsolnai