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Mordaunt Hall (The New York Times)
Hailed the film as 'A Film Masterpiece' upon its release.
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Directed byF. W. Murnau
Written byHermann Sudermann, Carl Mayer
Budgetstaggering cost with a city set alone costing $200,000
Critical Consensus
8.1
IMDb
95
Metacritic
7.8
TMDB
Sunrise is widely considered a cinematic masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made, praised for its masterful cinematography, acting, and romantic storyline.
The 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
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Ralph Sipperly
The Barber
Jane Winton
The Manicure Girl
Arthur Housman
The Obtrusive Gentleman
Eddie Boland
The Obliging Gentleman
Herman Bing
Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)
Trivia
It won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture, a category that was discontinued after the first year.
It was one of the first feature films to use the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system for a synchronized musical score.
The elaborate city set was built with forced perspective to appear much larger than it actually was.
Breakthrough camera tracking movements in the film influenced future masterpieces like Citizen Kane.
The original 35mm negative was destroyed in the 1937 Fox vault fire; a new one was created from surviving prints.
Midgets were used as background figures in city scenes to create an illusion of depth.
The film incorporated Gounod's 'Funeral March of a Marionette,' later used as the theme for 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents.'
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Sight & Sound Poll (2022)
Named the 11th best film in the history of motion pictures.
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American Film Institute
Ranked 82nd on their list of the 100 greatest American films.
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