Sleepless Years

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 heavyhanded 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