Character Relationship Map: Sleepless Years

Characters

• Director Lisszauer (played by Oszkár Ascher) — supporting

  The armaments factory director, serving as the primary antagonist representing capitalist and imperialist exploitation before the fascist and socialist transitions.

• Knézits, factory porter (played by Zoltán Makláry) — supporting

  A lower-tier factory worker whose role emphasizes the widespread exploitation across all levels of the Csepel Island industrial workforce.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Director Lisszauer → Knézits, factory porter (Conflict Antagonist And Exploited Worker)

  Director Lisszauer is identified as the factory director and the primary antagonist representing capitalist and imperialist exploitation. Knézits is i...

Story Analysis

A propaganda account of workers on Csepel Island moving through successive systems of exploitation toward a claimed socialist improvement.

Plot Progression

1. Island and Factory Foundations
2. Imperial and Capitalist Exploitation
3. The Fascist Succession
4. A Promise of Socialism
5. Propaganda and Doubt