Wake Me When The War Is Over is a
1969 American comedy made-for-TV film starring
Ken Berry and
Eva Gabor, and directed by
Gene Nelson. It first aired on
ABC.
Plot summary
The film tells the story of
Lieutenant Roger Carrington (Berry), a soldier fighting for the
United States Air Force during the closing days of
World War II. After accidentally falling out of a plane and landing in
German territory, he is hidden by a local
baroness named Marlene (Gabor). Luckily, Marlene is against the
Nazis, 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. Around then is when Carrington convinces himself that it's his duty to continue fighting and 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
English.