Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (aka "Sunrise") is a 1927 movie about a woman from the city (played by Margaret Livingston), who tempts a married farmer (George O'Brien) to kill his wife (Janet Gaynor) and run off with her to the city.
Written by Hermann Sudermann (story Die Reise Nach Tilsit) and Carl Mayer, and directed by F.W. Murnau, the movie was the only film to win the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production (in 1929, for films made in 1927 or 1928) when it was a variation of Best Picture.
Sunrise is a movie about transitions and choices, both within the story and without — a German expressionist film made by immigrants to the United States during the changeover from silent to sound film. The characters and the filmmakers alike straddle the old and new worlds, finding it difficult to choose between the familiar and loyal and the flashy and dangerous and ultimately selecting the former.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (aka "Sunrise") is a 1927 American silent film directed by F.W. Murnau.
Sunrise is a movie about transitions and choices, both within the story and without — a German Expressionist film made by immigrants to the United States during the changeover from silent to sound film.
The movie was the only film to win the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production (in 1929, for films made in 1927 or 1928) when it was a variation of Best Picture.
Sunrise is the most light-hearted of the film, as it follows the now-reconciled husband and wife as they visit the sights and sounds of the city.
Sunrise was sadly lost in a nitrate fire in 1937, this transfer was made from a fragile diacetate release print held at the Museum of Modern Art.
Sunrise was created, so the audio is primitive, to say the least, although it has been remarkably scrubbed of the hisses and pops of age and still holds up surprisingly well to modern standards.
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