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The Awakening (1928)

The Awakening poster
Directed by
Victor Fleming
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A romantic drama set in post-World War I Europe. A woman is torn between her husband and a former lover.

romanticmelodramaticsilent-eramusically-scoredemotionaldatedserious

What happens

The Awakening is a 1928 American synchronized sound feature film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Vilma Bánky. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on a story by Frances Marion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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