Wake Me When the War Is Over
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Wake Me When the War Is Over

5.2 / 10 1969 1h 14mNR English
ComedyWarTV Movie

Storyline

During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!

Cast & Crew

Ken Berry

Ken Berry

Lt. Roger Carrington

Lead
Eva Gabor

Eva Gabor

Baroness Marlene

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer

Maj. Erich Mueller

Danielle De Metz

Danielle De Metz

Eva Klein

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Prof. Herman Erhardt

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Colonel

Alan Hewitt

Alan Hewitt

Koenig

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Schneider

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gene Nelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Wake Me When the War Is Over is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker