Awakenings (1974)

Based on the book of the same name, about victims of the sleeping sickness epidemic of the 1920s and their treatment and rehabilitation beginning in the 1960s

Cast (2)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Oliver Sacks

Self

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Simon Welfare

Reporter

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