Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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American film feature film romantic drama film silent film

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a landmark 1927 silent film directed by F.W. Murnau, celebrated for its innovative cinematography and emotional storytelling.

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans canonical 10

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Charles Rosher ⓘ
Janet Gaynor ⓘ
Karl Struss ⓘ
basedOn Die Reise nach Tilsit ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Hermann Sudermann ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles Rosher ⓘ
Karl Struss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director F. W. Murnau ⓘ
directorNationality German ⓘ
distributor Fox Film Corporation ⓘ
editedBy Harold D. Schuster ⓘ
filmEra late silent era ⓘ
filmRating considered one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre romantic drama ⓘ
silent cinema ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Sunrise ⓘ
hasTheme marital reconciliation ⓘ
rural versus urban life ⓘ
temptation and redemption ⓘ
includedInList Sight & Sound critics' poll ⓘ
surface form: Sight & Sound greatest films polls
musicBy Hugo Riesenfeld ⓘ
narrativeLocation city ⓘ
rural village ⓘ
notableFor emotional storytelling ⓘ
expressionist visual style ⓘ
innovative cinematography ⓘ
use of moving camera and tracking shots ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ
partOf 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
preservationStatus preserved in film archives ⓘ
productionCompany Fox Film Corporation ⓘ
releaseDate 1927-09-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1927 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 95 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
starring George O’Brien ⓘ
Janet Gaynor ⓘ
Margaret Livingston ⓘ
studioSystemEra Hollywood studio era ⓘ
style German Expressionism influenced ⓘ

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Best Actress → receivedFor → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
subject surface form: Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor → notableWork → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Janet Gaynor → starredIn → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
1st Academy Awards → uniqueAndArtisticPictureWinner → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Karl Struss → notableWork → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Karl Struss → workedOn → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Karl Struss → receivedForWork → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Charles Rosher → notableWork → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Carl Mayer → notableWork → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
Carl Mayer → workedOn → Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ