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Sleepless Years

Sleepless Years

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 1959

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Álmatlan évek

Production Companies

Hunnia Filmstúdió

Director

Félix Máriássy

Description

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.