The Awakening (1928 film)

The Awakening
Film poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written by	Carey Wilson (screenplay) Frances Marion (story)
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Vilma Bánky Walter Byron
Cinematography	George Barnes
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld Irving Berlin (song "Marie")
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 17, 1928 (1928-11-17)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	USA
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

The Awakening (1928) is a feature film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Vilma Bánky.

Plot[]

In Alsace, which was under German occupation, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. Marie Ducrot is a pretty young peasant woman who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen, a German army officer. Marie is seen when she visits von Hagen in his quarters. The people suffering under the occupation see Marie as a traitor and assault her physically. Marie disappears and is believed dead. But she has fled to a monastery where she is accepted as a novice.

The war breaks out. Von Hagen is wounded in fighting near the monastery. Marie nurses him back to health. Von Hagen wants her to go to Germany with him. The French lieutenant Le Bête helps the two to reach the German lines. The couple get to safety, but Le Bête is killed by a sniper's bullet.

Cast[]

• Vilma Bánky as Marie Ducrot
• Walter Byron as Count Karl von Hagen
• Louis Wolheim as Le Bete
• George Davis as The Orderly
• William Orlamond as Grandfather Ducrot
• Carl von Haartman as Lieutenant Franz Geyer

Reception[]

The Awakening poster, 1928

the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 2nd Academy Awards. The Nominee, William Cameron Menzies was also nominated the same year for Alibi (1929 film).

Preservation status[]

The film is presumed lost.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• The Awakening at IMDb

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