The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays cynical World War I amputee Moe Axelrod, and Leo Fuchs portrays the family's iron-willed leftist grandfather.
Unfortunately the movie Awake and Sing! is not yet available on HBO Max.
Writing | Clifford Odets | Writer |
Production | Norman Lloyd | Producer |
Directing | Norman Lloyd | Director |
Production | Jane Murray | Casting |
Directing | Robert Hopkins | Director |