Sleepless Years

Sleepless Years (1959)

Drama

The "sleepless years" in this propaganda piece by director Felix Marlassy occur on Csepel Island, an island south of Budapest that is home to an armaments factory. The factory workers are shown being exploited by imperialists, capitalists gone berserk, and fascists, more or less in that exact chronological sequence. The heavy-handed approach does much to undercut the belief that when socialism finally takes over, the lives of the workers are brought up to a human level. In this instance, audiences might prefer a more nuanced and subtle statement, no matter what the message.

Director: Félix Máriássy

Casts

	Éva Ruttkai as Vilma
	Géza Tordy as Karesz
	Éva Vass as Irén
	Gábor Agárdy as Tóth
	Mari Törőcsik as Kató
	István Avar as Tutó
	Hilda Gobbi as Volone
	Oszkár Ascher as Director Lisszauer
	Zoltán Makláry as Knézits, factory porter
	Gyula Bakos as
	Béla Barsi as Mihalik
	Gyula Bodrogi as Cserna
	Lajos Boray as
	Elma Bulla as Csótiné
	Ferenc Deák B. as
	Sándor Deák as
	József Fonyó as Berczik
	Zoltán Gera as
	György Gonda as
	János Gosztonyi as
	Pálma Gyimesi as
	László Hlatky as
	János Horkay as
	József Horváth as
	László Inke as
	József Kautzky as
	Éva Kelemen as
	Mária Keresztessy as
	Erzsi Lengyel as
	Mária Majláth as
	János Makláry as
	László Misoga as
	Gábor Mádi Szabó as
	László Márkus as
	Viola Orbán as
	Sándor Pethes as
	Sándor Peti as
	Piri Peéry as
	János Pásztor as
	Blanka Péchy as
	János Rajz as
	Gellért Raksányi as
	István Rozsos as
	Sándor Siménfalvy as
	Irén Sitkey as
	Bertalan Šolti as
	Lajos Sugár as
	Ernö Szabó as
	András Tassy as
	Hédi Temessy as Lisszauerné
	Sándor Tompa as
	Árpád Téry as
	Ferike Vidor as
	József Vándor as
	Ferenc Zenthe as Jani Knézits
	Judit Zsolnai as

Crew