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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

192795 minUnited States
RomanceDrama

Synopsis

A farmer's affair with a visitor from the city endangers his marriage and family. The possibility of escape becomes a darker temptation, while his wife remembers the tenderness they once shared. A journey away from home forces the couple to confront what remains between them.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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94:16
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · F. W. Murnau / Carl Mayer; Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsF. W. Murnau

Inspirations

Hermann Sudermann's The Excursion to Tilsit provided the story for F. W. Murnau's American debut. The film combines silent visual storytelling with a synchronised soundtrack, placing it at the transition between two cinematic eras.

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