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The war ended. She kept him prisoner... of her heart. For FIVE YEARS.
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Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)

zany 60s fluffHogan's Heroes energysitcom war crimes

Overview

ComedyTV MovieWar

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!

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world war iinazi officerdeceptionprisoner of warbehind enemy lines

Standout Aspects

Acting

Eva Gabor's committed aristocrat unhinged

Production

Sets visibly borrowed from better shows

Writing

premise darker than it realizes

Best for:Background: Fold laundry while half-watching; it won't demand more·Rewatch: Cult curio for classic TV masochists only·Friends: Mystery Science Theater-style roast party essential
Heads up:Triggers: Romanticized captivity played for giggles·Disturbing: Nazi officers as wacky neighbors
Gene Nelson

Director

Gene Nelson

ReleasedOct 14, 1969
Runtime1h 14m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitylow
Tonelight
Feellight
ABC
Thomas/Spelling Productions

Top Cast

Ken Berry

Ken Berry

Lt. Roger Carrington

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

Parley Baer

Parley Baer

Erhardt's Butler

Norbert Schiller

Norbert Schiller

Jon Cedar

Jon Cedar

Flarger

Ben Wright

Ben Wright

Police Officer

Ted Gehring

Ted Gehring

German Soldier

Walter Janovitz

Walter Janovitz

Train Conductor

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Cultural

Green Acres' Eva Gabor and Hogan's Heroes' Klemperer reunite here, making this essentially CBS sitcom fanfic with a war crimes twist.

Insight

The 'hidden armistice' premise eerily mirrors real 1945 holdouts like Japanese soldiers—except those stories ended in tragedy, not Eva Gabor in peignoirs.

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