Drama · Romance
Sunrise
Avg rating 8.8 / My rating TBC
1927 · Directed by F.W. Murnau · With George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
- Silent Cinema
- German Expressionism
- Melodrama
- Classical Hollywood
A farmer's marriage is unsettled by a woman from the city who has come to the village for the summer. One day the husband asks his wife to come away with him on a trip. Part fable, part love story, told almost entirely through images and music.
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 34m · 94 min
- Format
- Black and white, in a near-square frame. Restored versions with the original score are the best choice.
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (55,712 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 98% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 95 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (audience, 935 votes)
- Trailer
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