The Awakening

The Awakening (1928)

A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Turning to religion, Banky becomes one of the "sisters in white" in the field hospitals of World War 1. THE AWAKENING was nominated by the Academy for its Art Direction in the first transitional year of the talkies. A vast number of films from this year are lost and this is no exception. No print or negative materials are known to exist at this time. William Cameron Menzies received his third nomination for this film, having received two the prior year and winning for both.

star 5 6.3
  • Release Date: 1928-11-17
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Victor Fleming

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Cast

  • Vilma Banky

    Marie Ducrot

  • Walter Byron

    Count Karl von Hagen

  • Louis Wolheim

    Le Bete

  • George Davis

    The Orderly

  • William Orlamond

    Grandfather Ducrot

  • Carl von Haartman

    Lt. Franz Geyer

  • Rex the Dog

    Dog (uncredited)

  • Yola d'Avril

  • David Findlay

  • Arno Frey

  • Owen Gorin

  • George Jackson

  • Carmencita Johnson

  • Virginia Jolley

  • Anna Kaloustian

  • Jean Laverty

    Bar Maid

  • Babe London

  • Dan Mason

  • Jack McDonald

    Soldier

  • Sam Savitsky

  • Henry Schultz

  • Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

  • Paul Vasel

  • Ann Warrington

  • Bert Woodruff