Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

“"An artistic masterpiece and also a joy to watch."”

7.8(887)19271h 34m

DramaRomance

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Director

F. W. Murnau

Revenue

$1.6M

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Cast

George O'Brien

The Man (Anses)

Janet Gaynor

The Wife (Indre)

Margaret Livingston

The Woman from the City

Bodil Rosing

The Maid

J. Farrell MacDonald

The Photographer

Ralph Sipperly

The Barber

Jane Winton

The Manicure Girl

Arthur Housman

The Obtrusive Gentleman

Eddie Boland

The Obliging Gentleman

Herman Bing

Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Manager of Hair Salon (uncredited)

Reviews

2 reviews

tanty

12y ago

7.0

Interesting but much more for how the movies were done back in 1927 and how the relationships between men and women were understood.

Geronimo1967

4y ago

7.0

Wow! Friedrich Murnau really did pull out all of the stops for this gorgeously complex and beautiful story - that is entirely based on human character flaws that ordinarily might make one squirm... None of the characters actually have names, but George O'Brien is contentedly married to Janet Gaynor, living on their farm with their young child. One day, he happens upon the visiting Margaret Livings...