107 minutes
1/21/1959
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.
Éva Ruttkai
as Vilma
Géza Tordy
as Karesz
Éva Vass
as Irén
Agárdi Gábor
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
Béla Barsi
as Mihalik
Gyula Bodrogi
as Cserna
Lajos Boray
Elma Bulla
as Csótiné
Ferenc Deák B.
Sándor Deák
József Fonyó
as Berczik
Zoltán Gera
György Gonda
János Gosztonyi
Pálma Gyimesi
László Hlatky
János Horkay
József Horváth
László Inke
József Kautzky
Éva Kelemen
Mária Keresztessy
Erzsi Lengyel
Mária Majláth
János Makláry
László Misoga
Gábor Mádi Szabó
László Márkus
Viola Orbán
Sándor Pethes
Sándor Peti
Piri Peéry
János Pásztor
Blanka Péchy
János Rajz
Gellért Raksányi
István Rozsos
Sándor Siménfalvy
Irén Sitkey
Bertalan Šolti
Lajos Sugár
Ernö Szabó
András Tassy
Hédi Temessy
as Lisszauerné
Sándor Tompa
Árpád Téry
Ferike Vidor
József Vándor
Ferenc Zenthe
as Jani Knézits
Judit Zsolnai