
The Awakening
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.
Top Billed Cast

Vilma Banky
Marie Ducrot

Walter Byron
Count Karl von Hagen

Louis Wolheim
Le Bete

George Davis
The Orderly

William Orlamond
Grandfather Ducrot
Featured Crew

Victor Fleming
Director
H.H. Caldwell
Writer

Katherine Hilliker
Writer

Carey Wilson
Writer

Frances Marion
Story

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer

Hugo Riesenfeld
Music

William Cameron Menzies
Art Direction

Viola Lawrence
Editor

Henry Hathaway
Assistant Director
George Barnes
Director of Photography