Poster for the movie Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

2003 • 84 minutes
DramaComedy

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.

Picture of Zoltán Mucsi

Zoltán Mucsi

Kapa

Picture of Péter Scherer

Péter Scherer

Pepe

Picture of Ildikó Tóth

Ildikó Tóth

Russian Girl

Picture of Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Picture of Gyula Hernádi

Gyula Hernádi

Gyula Hernádi

Picture of Judit Schell

Judit Schell

German Officer

Picture of István Márton

István Márton

Pista

Picture of Balázs Galkó

Balázs Galkó

Galkó

Picture of Béla Fesztbaum

Béla Fesztbaum

Béla

Picture of Emese Vasvári

Emese Vasvári

Emese

Picture of Székely B. Miklós

Székely B. Miklós

Old Hungarian Soldier

Picture of András Hajós

András Hajós

Talent Scout

Picture of András Lovasi

András Lovasi

Himself