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Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep
Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep
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  2. Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

Original Title: Kelj fel, komám, ne aludjál!

2003
1h 24m
Drama
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

2003

Runtime

1h 24m

Storyline

"A múlthoz nem visszanyúlni kell, a múltat le kell nyúlni."

This time, Kapa and Pepe are first of all prisoners of war – and convicts taken to forced labor service, Jews, Hungarian soldiers, German soldiers. Once they are to be executed, then again they are to perform executions. The film tells in spectacular episodes about the fact that in the past more than one century and a half we kept marching from war to war; occupation and liberation turned out to be indifferent, and why couldn’t the Jews execute the SS-guys? Our heroes hover about dilapidated barracks, then again on the bridges of the capital they guess whose satellites or eternal friends for all times we might be just now. In the cupboard, among the preserved fruit bottles, Stalin is still hiding. The authors of the film are cited before court, then in a showcase hospital they are waiting for the end to come. A Soviet soldier-maid closes the film with a Péter Nádas-quote.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Feb 6, 2003
Languages
German
Hungarian
Russian
Director
Miklós Jancsó
Miklós Jancsó
Production
Budapest Film Kft.
Budapest Film Kft.
Neurópa Film Kft
Neurópa Film Kft
Production Countries
Hungary

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Zoltán Mucsi

Zoltán Mucsi

Kapa

Péter Scherer

Péter Scherer

Pepe

Ildikó Tóth

Ildikó Tóth

Russian Girl

Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Gyula Hernádi

Gyula Hernádi

Gyula Hernádi

Judit Schell

Judit Schell

German Officer

István Márton

Pista

Balázs Galkó

Balázs Galkó

Galkó

Béla Fesztbaum

Béla Fesztbaum

Béla

Emese Vasvári

Emese Vasvári

Emese

Székely B. Miklós

Székely B. Miklós

Old Hungarian Soldier

András Hajós

András Hajós

Talent Scout

András Lovasi

András Lovasi

Himself

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