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.
- Date of release
- 1928-11-17
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Victor Fleming
Casting
- 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
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