Wake Me When the War Is Over (TV 1969)

During the latter days of WW2 an American Lieutenant (Berry), accidentally falls out of an airplane that he was on and falls into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness (Gabor). She... See full summary »

Director:

Gene Nelson

Writers:

Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth

Stars:

Ken Berry, Eva Gabor, Werner Klemperer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ken Berry	...	Lt. Roger Carrington
Eva Gabor	...	Baroness Marlene
Werner Klemperer	...	Mayor Erich Mueller
Danielle De Metz	...	Eva
Hans Conried	...	Erhardt
Jim Backus	...	Colonel
Alan Hewitt
Woodrow Parfrey
Parley Baer	...	Erhardt's Butler
William Wintersole
Norbert Schiller
Jon Cedar
Ben Wright
Ted Gehring
Walter Janovitz	...	(as Walter Janowitz)

Storyline

During the latter days of WW2 an American Lieutenant (Berry), accidentally falls out of an airplane that he was on and falls into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness (Gabor). She is taken with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended. So, for nearly five years he thinks that the war is still going on, and so when he leaves her estate he thinks that he has to do what he can to defeat the Germans, cause he can't find anyone who speaks English or is willing to tell him that the war is over.

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | abc movie of the week

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1969 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thomas/Spelling Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features The Brady Bunch (1969)

User Reviews

Cute, but nothing fresh

As an early TV-movie, this rounded up a welter of stars from popular 1960s sitcoms that had just been cancelled. It's too bad the writers didn't give them anything new to do.

Leading the charge is Ken Berry as a good-hearted, dutiful but otherwise oblivious and bumbling American officer. A World War II clone of his Captain Parmenter from F-Troop. Eva Gabor is an aristocratic socialite again, so if you've seen Green Acres, you know what to expect. Werner Klemperer brings back Colonel Klink under a different name. And Jim Backus is the same blustery blowhard he was as Thurston Howell. This must have been very easy to write since all the writers had to do was imagine what the previous characters would have done. But that's to be expected since the two writers of this never had sitcom experience. They were gag writers for variety shows.

It has its charms as a piece of very lightweight fluff. Just don't go in expecting too much or you'll be disappointed.