The Awakening

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Vilma Banky

Marie Ducrot

Age : 90 | Popularity : 3%

Walter Byron

Count Karl von Hagen

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Louis Wolheim

Le Bete

Age : 50 | Popularity : 4%

George Davis

The Orderly

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

William Orlamond

Grandfather Ducrot

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Carl von Haartman

Lt. Franz Geyer

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Rex the Dog

Dog (uncredited)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	George Barnes
Directing	Director	Victor Fleming
	Assistant Director	Henry Hathaway
Sound	Music	Hugo Riesenfeld
Art	Art Direction	William Cameron Menzies
Production	Producer	Samuel Goldwyn
Editing	Editor	Viola Lawrence
Writing	Story	Frances Marion
	Writer	Carey Wilson Katherine Hilliker H.H. Caldwell
Department	Role	Name

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