The Awakening (1954 film)
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| The Awakening | |
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| Directed by | Michael McCarthy |
| Produced by | Lance Comfort |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence B. Marcus as Larry Marcus |
| Based on | original story by Nikolai Gogol |
| Starring | Buster Keaton James Hayter |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Talbot |
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26 minutes |
| Country | UK/US |
| Language | English |
"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".
The Man is a first dramatic role of Buster Keaton. Fairbanks says, "It struck me as a beautiful idea — a novel idea — to put him in a straight part, because he was such a beautiful actor and a great talent. It worked out very well; he gave a marvelous performance"[1].
Original plot of Gogol's story is significally changed. There are allusions to George Orwell's «1984» dystopia in the film[2].
Cast
- Buster Keaton — The Man
- James Hayter — The Chief
- Carl Jaffe — The Tailor
- Lynne Cole — The Girl
- Geoffrey Keen — The Supervisor
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — Himself - Host
