Wake Up Mate, Don't You Sleep
(Kelj fel, komám, ne aludjál)
feature, 35mm, 85 minutes, 1:1.66
PREMIER (HUNGARY): 2002.
We’re standing on the Plain; our trousers are flapping in the wind, …Kapa and Pepe…
Pepe, would you ever have guessed that you would be a prisoner of war in your own country?…
Some pick out the soul from the body. But who is in there?
A member of the German SS drawn from the ”Volk”, a Hungarian foot soldier, a Jew with a yellow star, a Russian with a street-organ, and a NATO soldier are riding a bike across the Chain Bridge.
Wake up mate, don’t you sleep, you have lost the bell and sheep, Jancsó in a greatcoat, Hernádi in a hat at court and on a hospital bed, the T-34 Russian tank brings Russian oranges and the fallen angels mustn’t be fed! To the dance and music of András Lovasi, Kispál és a Borz, Burzsoá Nyugdíjasok, and Bëlga.
After the Trilogy, Jancsó and Grunwalsky add fuel to the fire.
Creators
Miklós Jancsó | Director |
Ferenc Grunwalsky, Miklós Jancsó, Gyula Hernádi | Screenplay |
Ferenc Grunwalsky | Director of photography |
Zsuzsa Csákány | Editor |
Kispál és a Borz, Burzsoá Nyugdíjasok, Bëlga, András Lovasi | Music |
Ottó Oláh | Sound |
Tamás Banovich | Visual design |
Zsuzsa Stenger | Costumes |
András Ozorai | Producer |
Neuropa Film Ltd. | Production company |
Zoltán Mucsi, Péter Scherer, Ildikó Tóth, Miklós Jancsó, Gyula Hernádi, Béla Fesztbaum, Judit Schell, András Lovasi | Cast |
Awards
Taormina Film Festival - 2003 | Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence to Miklós Jancsó |
Festivals
Montreal The World Film Festival - 2003 | |
Moscow International Film Festival - 2003 | |
Targu-Mures AlterNative - 2003 | |
Prague FEBIOFEST - 2004 | |
Wiesbaden GoEast Film Festival - 2013 |
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