The Awakening poster

The Awakening( 2011)

TV-MAHorrorThrillerMystery
64%
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Sometimes dead does not mean gone.

Overview

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Rebecca Hall

      Florence Cathcart

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      Dominic West

      Robert Mallory

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      Imelda Staunton

      Maud Hill

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      Isaac Hempstead Wright

      Tom

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      Lucy Cohu

      Constance Strickland

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      Cal MacAninch

      Freddie Strickland

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      John Shrapnel

      Reverend Hugh Purslow

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      Diana Kent

      Harriet Cathcart

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      Richard Durden

      Alexander Cathcart

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      Alfie Field

      Victor Parry

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      Tilly Vosburgh

      Vera Flood

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      Ian Hanmore

      Albert Flood

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      Andrew Havill

      George Vandermeer

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      Anastasia Hille

      Dorothy Vandermeer

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      Joseph Mawle

      Edward Judd

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      Shaun Dooley

      Malcolm McNair

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      Steven Cree

      Sergeant Evans

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      Felix Soper

      Julian Dowden

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      Sidney Johnston

      John Franklin

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      Spike White

      Alistair Howell

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      Charlie Callaghan

      Chris Hartley

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      James Kirkham

      William Ramsbottom

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      Ewan Andrew Walker

      Richard McGorian

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      Adam Thomas Wright

      Max Tebbitts

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      Ben Greaves-Neal

      Child Impostor

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      Daniel Pirrie

      Captain Mills

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      Nicholas Amer

      Edgar Hirsthwit

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      Nick Murphy

      Teacher 1

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      Neil Broome

      School Master (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Mon Oct 12 2015
    There's no place on earth people understand loneliness better than here. The Awakening is directed by Nick Murphy and Murphy co-writes the screenplay with Stephen Volk. It stars Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Shaun Dooley and Joseph Mawle. Music is by Daniel Pemberton and cinematography by Eduard Grau. Britain, post World War 1, and Florence Cathcart (Hall) makes a living as an exposer of charlatan spiritualists, a debunker of ghost sightings. When she receives a request from school master Robert Mallory (West) to investigate the supernatural events a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    4798235.00

    Revenue

    6879667.00

    Keywords

    • suicide
    • england
    • classroom
    • investigation
    • supernatural
    • haunting
    • teacher
    • murder
    • author
    • fear
    • estate
    • con
    • discovery
    • ghost
    • governess