A Fool's Awakening is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Alden, Lionel Belmore, and Enid Bennett.

[1] As described in a film magazine review,[2] John Briggs, who was seen service during World War I during the Bolshevik Revolution, returns to England.

Discouraged by his failure to be a success in literature, he uses as source material for his stories the tales in a diary he found on a dead Russian soldier.

He weds Olivia Gale, and subsequently reveals his deception to her.

Repulsed by Olivia after he meets her after driving his automobile, he deliberately swings the vehicle over a cliff.