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.
Cast
Vilma Banky
Marie Ducrot
Walter Byron
Count Karl von Hagen
Louis Wolheim
Le Bete
George Davis
The Orderly
William Orlamond
Grandfather Ducrot
Carl von Haartman
Lt. Franz Geyer
Rex the Dog
Dog (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Unknown
David Findlay
Unknown
Arno Frey
Unknown
Owen Gorin
Unknown
George Jackson
Unknown
Carmencita Johnson
Unknown
Virginia Jolley
Unknown
Anna Kaloustian
Unknown
Jean Laverty
Bar Maid
Babe London
Unknown
Dan Mason
Unknown
Jack McDonald
Soldier
Sam Savitsky
Unknown
Henry Schultz
Unknown
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Unknown
Paul Vasel
Unknown
Ann Warrington
Unknown
Bert Woodruff
Unknown
Crew
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