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Sunrise: Directed by F.W. Murnau. With George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing. A sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.
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- Drama, Romance
- F.W. Murnau
- 1927-11-04
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau (in his American film debut) and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston.
Dec 16, 2015 · The plot of this film is typical of nineteenth-century domestic melodrama, involving the temptations held out to a young farmer, living happily with his wife...
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Jul 14, 2022 · A silent film directed by F.W. Murnau about a farmer who tries to murder his wife and run away with a city girl. The film won the first Academy Award for Best Actress and is considered a classic of expressionism and cinema.
In the summer, a 'woman from the city' is on vacation in the country, having an impulsive fling with a farmer. She then proposes that he should drown his wife so they can run away together. Overwhelmed by this woman, he decides to take his neglected wife out rowboating.
Apr 11, 2004 · Released in what Peter Bogdanovich calls the greatest year in Hollywood history, when silent films reached perfection and then disappeared, “Sunrise” was not a box-office success, but the industry knew it was looking at a masterpiece.
Easily the best silent drama ever made. F.W. Murnau was a brilliant director whose films are still compelling viewing despite being almost 100 years old. Thi...
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- Classic Films
