Awake and Sing! (1972)

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.

Released

1972-03-06

Genres

Drama

Runtime

95 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Norman Lloyd, Robert Hopkins

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes