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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
American Silent Romantic Drama.
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.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans was the first feature film released using the Fox Movietone system, and Fox studio’s first-ever feature film with a recorded score.
Sunrise was made by F. W. Murnau, a German director who was one of the leading figures in German Expressionism, a style that uses distorted art design for symbolic effect.
Academy Award wins (1929)
- Best Unique and Artistic Picture (This Oscar, only awarded at the 1st Academy Awards, was at the time as prestigious as Outstanding Picture, but the Academy has since decided that the higher honor went to Wings in the latter category.)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role – Janet Gaynor (At this time acting awards were given for an actor’s entire body of work in a year, so the award was for her work on this film,
7th Heaven (1927), and Street Angel (1928)) - Best Cinematography – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss
| Directed by | F. W. Murnau |
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| Screenplay by | Carl Mayer |
| Based on | “The Excursion to Tilsit” 1917 story in “Litauische Geschichten” by Hermann Sudermann |
| Produced by | William Fox |
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| Edited by | Harold Schuster |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
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Fox Film Corporation
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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