Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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. The film's plot follows a married farmer (O'Brien) who falls for a woman vacationing from the city (Livingston), who tries to convince him to murder his wife (Gaynor) in order to be with her. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann.
Plot
A vacationing woman from the city lingers in a lakeside town for weeks. After dark, she goes to a farmhouse where the Man and the Wife live with their child. She whistles from the fence outside. The Man is torn, but finally departs, leaving his wife with the memories of better times when they were deeply in love.
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| author | Carl Mayer Hermann Sudermann |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography |
| director | F. W. Murnau |
| editor | Harold Schuster |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | beg cry drift drown float nothing wed |
| musicBy | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | William Fox |
| productionCompany | Fox Film Corporation |
| publisher | Fox Film Corporation |
| recordedAt | Mexico |
| theme | romantic drama silent |