The Awakening (1928)

Director:

Victor Fleming

Writers:

H.H. Caldwell (writer)
Katherine Hilliker (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 1928 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

WWI

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Vilma Bánky	...	Marie Ducrot
Walter Byron	...	Count Karl von Hagen
Louis Wolheim	...	Le Bete
George Davis	...	The Orderly
William Orlamond	...	Grandfather Ducrot
Carl von Haartman	...	Lieutenant Franz Geyer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmencita Johnson	...	Little girl

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (MovieTone) (music, sound effects)

Company:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Trivia:

A review in Variety described this film as "a pinch of "The White Sister,' a seasoning of "The Scarlet Letter,' a large chunk of all the war pictures since 1918, and several slices of small-time baloney."

Soundtrack:

Marie

Oscar nominated film among the lost.

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.