VILMA BANKY AS STAR
ALSATIAN-GERMAN ROMANCE • The Awakening' marks the fire appearance of Vilma Bankv as a " - in her own right. In this story of war and romance ir Alsace, Miss Hanky, previously- famoir as the co-starring partner of Ronalc colman, reaches the heights of screerecognition. “The Awakening" rxrtrays Miss Banky. whose previous rilm.s have snown her in a successio’ of romances of the past, in a role of a simple Alsatian peasant girl meeting her first love in the days just preceding and immediately after the outbreak of the World War. The conflict of emotions between this lovely peasant and the dashing German officer, who having been attracted to her as a pasting fancy, only to discover that he is deeply in love with her, makes “The Awakening” a tremendously moving human document.
In contrast with the terror of wartime, the early part of the film depict* the rural charm of the Alsatian countryside and the pastoral beauty of the village festivals, where pretty girls coquette with their rustic lovers and the handsome officers of the Uhlan regiment.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 664, 16 May 1929, Page 14
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179VILMA BANKY AS STAR Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 664, 16 May 1929, Page 14
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