An allegorical tale about a man fighting the good and evil within him. Both sides are made flesh - one a sophisticated woman he is attracted to and the other his wife.
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| George O'Brien | ... | The Man | |
| Janet Gaynor | ... | The Wife | |
| Margaret Livingston | ... | The Woman From the City | |
| Bodil Rosing | ... | The Maid | |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... | The Photographer (as J. Farrell McDonald) | |
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Ralph Sipperly | ... | The Barber |
| Jane Winton | ... | The Manicure Girl | |
| Arthur Housman | ... | The Obtrusive Gentleman | |
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In this fable-morality subtitled "A Song of Two Humans", the "evil" temptress is a city woman who bewitches farmer Anses and tries to convince him to murder his neglected wife, Indre. Written by alfiehitchie
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4 November 1927 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sunrise See more »Filming Locations:
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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The world premiere programme consisted of two shorts - the Vatican choir singing and an interview with Benito Mussolini. These were designed to showcase Fox Movietone's then-new sound system. See more »Goofs
When the Farmer is holding his son, he sets him on his Wife's lap twice. See more »Alternate Versions
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This Murnau work comes from the end of the silent era,and the miracle is that it needs nothing:it has everything.There are hardly a dozen of subtitles for a ninety- minute movie,and that's enough.The rest is the actors'sublime performances and Murnau's flawless directing. George O' Brien and Janet Gaynor do not speak,and however,we can hear them,with all our heart ,with all our soul.Their faces reflect what they endure,suffer and enjoy.Because this is not only a drama.Sometimes it turns to a true comedy.For me the scene in the church climaxes the work:the husband,desperate to a fault,and his wife ,who saw her sincere love atrociously betrayed ,"get marry" again and the priest's words will drive you to tears.
Unlike "Nosferatu",which took place in dark places ,and before "tabu" which would be an hymn to the nature -in every sense of the word,and probably the key to WF Murnau's entire canon"-,"Sunrise" is a diurnal movie,beginning with a meeting with the husband and his mistress at the break of dawn,and ending in the deep of the night,but the very last picture brings back sunrise,which epitomizes a new beginning, a new christening,a redemption.And the man ,crying and begging for pardon,it might be Murnau who thought his homosexuality was a crime -Nosferatu might be a metaphor as well,as the hero who abducts a priestess he's in love with in "tabu" -A true auteur opens up in his movies,if we can read between the lines.
Murnau was,along with Fritz Lang,one of the two most influential forces of the expressionism .