Awake and Sing!

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 6, 1972

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

Broadway Theatre Archive,KCET,KCET, Broadway Theatre Archive

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0270843