Sunrise

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Sunrise is a landmark 1927 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, celebrated for its innovative cinematography and emotionally powerful storytelling.

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Sonnenaufgang 1
Sunrise canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
academyAwardsYear 1st Academy Awards NERFINISHED
award Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Cinematography NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture NERFINISHED
awardRecipient Charles Rosher NERFINISHED
Janet Gaynor NERFINISHED
Karl Struss NERFINISHED
basedOn Die Reise nach Tilsit NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Hermann Sudermann NERFINISHED
cinematographer Charles Rosher NERFINISHED
Karl Struss NERFINISHED
considered one of the greatest films of all time
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
director F. W. Murnau NERFINISHED
distributor Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED
genre romantic drama
silent cinema
notableFor complex camera movements
emotionally powerful storytelling
expressionist visual style
innovative cinematography
use of superimpositions and double exposures
originalLanguage silent
preservationStatus preserved
producer William Fox NERFINISHED
productionCompany Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Academy Film Archive NERFINISHED
registryReason culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant
registrySelectionYear 1989
releaseDate 1927-09-23
releaseYear 1927
runningTime approximately 95 minutes
screenwriter Carl Mayer NERFINISHED
selectedFor United States National Film Registry NERFINISHED
setting city
rural village
starring Arthur Housman NERFINISHED
Bodil Rosing NERFINISHED
George O’Brien NERFINISHED
Herman Bing NERFINISHED
J. Farrell MacDonald NERFINISHED
Jane Winton NERFINISHED
Janet Gaynor NERFINISHED
Margaret Livingston NERFINISHED
Ralph Sipperly NERFINISHED
title Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans NERFINISHED

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Richard Strauss tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra openingSection Sunrise
subject surface form: Also sprach Zarathustra
this entity surface form: Sonnenaufgang