The Awakening 1928

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.

Directed by: Victor Fleming
Written by: Carey Wilson & H.H. Caldwell & Katherine Hilliker
Runtime: 90 minutes
Cast:
Vilma Banky
Vilma Banky
Marie Ducrot 
Walter Byron
Walter Byron
Count Karl von Hagen 
Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim
Le Bete 
George Davis
George Davis
The Orderly 
William Orlamond
William Orlamond
Grandfather Ducrot 
Carl von Haartman
Carl von Haartman
Lt. Franz Geyer