
Awake and Sing! (1972)
1h 35m | PG-13
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.
Director: Norman Lloyd
Studio: KCET
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast

Walter Matthau
as Moe Axelrod

Ron Rifkin
as Sam Feinschreiber

Felicia Farr
as Hennie

Martin Ritt
as Uncle Morty

Leo Fuchs
as Jacob

Robert Lipton
as Ralph Berger