Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep (Kelj fel, komám, ne aludjál!) 21 years old

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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.

Credits

Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep Cast

Name Character
Gyula Hernádi He was 76, 78 years old when he died as Himself
Ildikó Tóth She was 36, now 58 years old as Russian girl
Miklós Székely B. He was 54, now 76 years old as Old Hungarian soldier
Miklós Jancsó He was 81, 92 years old when he died as Himself
András Hajós He was 33, now 55 years old as Talent scout
Judit Schell She was 29, now 51 years old as German officer
István Marton He was 58, now 79 years old as Pista
Béla Fesztbaum He was 28, now 49 years old as Béla
Balázs Galkó He was 53, now 75 years old as Galkó
Emese Vasvári She was 36, now 57 years old as Emese
András Lovasi He was 35, now 57 years old as Himself
Zoltán Mucsi He was 45, now 67 years old as Kapa
Péter Scherer He was 41, now 62 years old as Pepe

Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep Crew

Name Department
Zsuzsa Csákány as Editor. She was 53 (now 75) years old Editing
Miklós Jancsó as Director. He was 81 (92) years old when He died Directing
Miklós Jancsó as Writer. He was 81 (92) years old when He died Writing
Gyula Hernádi as Writer. He was 76 (78) years old when He died Writing
Tamás Banovich as Production Design. He was 77 (89) years old when He died Art
Ferenc Grunwalsky as Director of Photography. He was 59 (now 81) years old Camera
Ferenc Grunwalsky as Writer. He was 59 (now 81) years old Writing
András Ozorai as Production Manager. Production
András Ozorai as Producer. Production
Kispál és a Borz as Original Music Composer. Sound
Burzsoá Nyugdíjasok as Original Music Composer. Sound
Bëlga as Original Music Composer. Sound
Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep (21 years)

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

  • Release day: Thursday, February 06, 2003
  • Runtime: 84 minutes