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Awake and Sing (1972)
Not Rated
TV Movie | 95 min | Drama

Awake and Sing (1972)

Not Rated

TV Movie | 95 min | Drama

Water Matthau heads the cast of this television re-creation of Clifford Odet's 1935 Broadway play-the full length work performed on the commercial stage by the legendary Group Theatre. This portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement ...See moreWater Matthau heads the cast of this television re-creation of Clifford Odet's 1935 Broadway play-the full length work performed on the commercial stage by the legendary Group Theatre. This portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures the spirit of the depression years, and is suffused with details of character and place that combine to be affecting even now. The Bergers burdened by fanatical difficulties have taken in a boarder - Moe Axelrod "Mathew Matthau"-who lost a leg in World War I. Cynical and outspoken, Moe adds a spark to the somewhat accepting lives of the Bergers. The family fights to survive on sixteen dollars a week while the intellectual, Marxist leaning grandfather "brilliantly played by famed Yiddish theatre star, Leo Fuchs" tries futilely to spur his family to action with the junction, "Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust." -Isaiah 26:19 See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Felicia Farr Hennie Hennie See fewer	Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Leo Fuchs Jacob Jacob See fewer	Americaner Shadchen (1940)
Robert Lipton Ralph Berger Ralph Berger See fewer	Die Hard 2 (1990)
Walter Matthau Moe Axelrod Moe Axelrod See fewer	The Odd Couple (1968)
John Myhers Schlosser Schlosser See fewer	1776 (1972)
Ron Rifkin Sam Feinschreiber Sam Feinschreiber See fewer	Alias (2001)
Martin Ritt Uncle Morty Uncle Morty See fewer	Hud (1963)
Milton Selzer Myron Myron See fewer	Sid and Nancy (1986)
Ruth Storey Bessie Berger Bessie Berger See fewer	In Cold Blood (1967)