''Wake Me When the War Is Over'' is a 1969 American

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directed by

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and starring Ken Berry and Eva Gabor. It first aired as the ''

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'' on October 14, 1969.KEN BERRY: THE NEW KING OF THE RUBE TUBE Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 30 Mar 1969: s2.

Plot

The film tells the story of the amazingly naive and inept

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Roger Carrington (Berry) of the

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beginning in January 1944 during

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. After accidentally falling out of a C-47 when attempting to drop airborne leaflet propaganda, he lands in German territory. Escaping pursuing German soldiers, he is hidden by a local baroness named Marlene (Gabor). Luckily, Marlene is against the

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, and sympathizes with Carrington, taking him under her wing to recover, and eventually falling in love with him. Unfortunately, when World War II ends, Marlene realizes that Carrington will leave when he finds this out. Not wanting him to go yet, she decides not to tell him about the war ending so he will stay, and she manages to keep him with her for nearly five years, explaining the Allies are continuously losing, then recapturing England. Around then is when Carrington convinces himself that it's his duty to continue fighting on a one man sabotage operation. He leaves Marlene's estate, not realizing he's now in a peacetime country. The only problem is, no one can tell him the war is over because no one around him speaks

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including the Baroness' maid Eva who accompanies him.

Cast

* Ken Berry as Roger Carrington * Eva Gabor as Baroness Marlene * Werner Klemperer as Major Erich Mueller * Danielle De Metz as Eva *

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as Erhardt *

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as Colonel *

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as Erhardt's Butler * Alan Hewitt as Koenig

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* * * 1969 television films 1969 films 1969 comedy films American comedy television films American World War II films 1960s English-language films ABC Movie of the Week Films directed by Gene Nelson 1960s American films {{US-tv-film-stub

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