Sunrise

  • Certificate:
     U
  • Main category:
     Feature
  • Sub category:
     Classic
  • Colour / BW:
     B/W
  • Country of origin:
     United States of America

Aka: 
A Song of Two Humans
Year of Production: 
1927
Running Time: 
93
Sub t2: 
Silent
Based on: 
The novel 'The Journey To Tilsit' by Hermann Sudermann
Starring: 
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingstone, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ralph Sipperly
Director: 
F.W. Murnau
Producer: 
William Fox
Writer: 
Carl Mayer

German Expressionist, F.W. Murnau's film won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Cinematography and remains a critically acclaimed piece of silent cinema. George O'Brien plays the young farmer who falls for The Woman From the City (Margaret Livingstone) and agrees to murder his Wife (Janet Gaynor) by drowning her. He is unable to fulfil his plan though, and is reconciled with his Wife. Together they embark on a celebratory adventure in the city (one of the most celebrated montage sequences ever filmed), but on their way home The Wife is lost overboard in a storm and believed drowned. The Woman from the City arrives to claim The Man, believing he has committed murder for her; but word arrives that his Wife has been saved and he rushes to her side.


Blu-ray / Special Edition
Distributor nameEureka
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Release Date21/09/2009
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DVD / Box Set
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Release Date26/01/2004
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DVD / Normal
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Release Date24/10/2005
Trade Catalogue NumberEKA 40109
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DVD / Special Edition
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AvailabilityDeleted
Release Date21/09/2009
Trade Catalogue NumberEKA 40307
Barcode5060000403077
PR Contact NameSteve Hills
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DVD / with Blu-ray - Double Play
Distributor nameEureka
AvailabilityRetail Only
Release Date12/09/2011
Trade Catalogue NumberEKA 70050
Barcode5060000700503
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PR Contact Phone0208 459 8054