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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Title: Sunrise (1927)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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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Eddie Boland | ... | The Obliging 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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murder plot | troubled marriage | extramarital affair | city country contrast | national film registry |Taglines:
What is the lure that makes a man forget home and hearth for passing pleasures? (Print Ad- Telegraph-Herald, ((Dubuque, Iowa)) 28 April 1929) See more »Parents Guide:
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Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. See more »Goofs
When the Farmer is holding his son, he sets him on his Wife's lap twice. See more »Alternate Versions
The Blu-Ray Disc release features the American version of the movie with 2 scores - the original American score, and an alternate, more recently-recorded one. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
4 November 1927 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$200,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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I have no words. This is cinema. This is not a story, this is not a plot. This is THE STORY, this is THE PLOT. Murnau can describe the human beings, the men, the women and the fast blind society. The woman of the city seems to be a post-modern nosferatu. She is a vampire, she moves like Dracula, she is like a witch around a tree. This film holds the tragedy and the comedy, the laughing and the crying. "Sunrise" doesn't belong to the past, but It belongs to the story, to the time. Sunrise, yes...the sunrise of the modern cinema waiting for "Citizen Kane".