Sunrise (1927)

Release date: 1927-11-04
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: F.W. Murnau
Production Co: Fox Film Corporation
Genre: Romance, Drama
Rating: 8.1/10
Length: 1h 34min

Storyline

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.

Plot Keywords

murder plot, troubled marriage, extramarital affair, city country contrast, fairground, husband wife relationship, femme fatale, adultery, seduction, menage a trois, search party, f rated, farmer, female sexual predator, manipulative female, possessive female, romantic rivalry, national film registry, marital crisis

Short Review

From two points of view, Sunrise is among the most remarkable films that have ever been flashed on the screen. One is the rich, sensitive beauty of the photography;, the other 'he tragic tenseness of the story.