The Awakening
The Awakening
Release: 1928-11-17
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 5.0
Romance
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast
Walter Byron
as Count Karl von Hagen
Yola d'Avril
Carmencita Johnson
Babe London
Dan Mason
Carl von Haartman
as Lt. Franz Geyer
Jean Laverty
as Bar Maid
Jack McDonald
as Soldier
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Bert Woodruff
Vilma Banky
as Marie Ducrot
Louis Wolheim
as Le Bete
George Davis
as The Orderly
William Orlamond
as Grandfather Ducrot
