

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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Éva Ruttkai
Vilma

Géza Tordy
Karesz

Éva Vass
Irén

Agárdi Gábor
Tóth

Mari Törőcsik
Kató

István Avar
Tutó

Hilda Gobbi
Volone
Oszkár Ascher
Director Lisszauer

Zoltán Makláry
Knézits, factory porter

Gyula Bakos

Béla Barsi
Mihalik

Gyula Bodrogi
Cserna
Lajos Boray

Elma Bulla
Csótiné
Ferenc Deák B.

Sándor Deák
József Fonyó
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
Lisszauerné

Sándor Tompa

Árpád Téry
Ferike Vidor

József Vándor

Ferenc Zenthe
Jani Knézits
Judit Zsolnai
Crew
Director
Writer
Editor
Costume Design
Production Design
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Details
Release Date
1959-01-21
Runtime
107 min
Original Language
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Production Companies
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Countries
Hungary
Genres
Drama