Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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“We're going for a trip across the water”
Overview
One of the last masterpieces of the silent era, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans saw F. W. Murnau bring the stark imagery of German Expressionism to the heights of Hollywood, resulting in an astoundingly beautiful and totally transfixing cinematic achievement. Adapted from a short story by Hermann Sudermann, screenwriter Carl Mayer tells the tale of a man yearning to betray his wife and child in the village for a woman in the big city, who even concocts a murderous plot to achieve his adulterous dreams. Will he go through with it, or will he turn a new leaf?
Why See This Film
Taking home wins for Best Unique and Artistic Picture, Best Cinematography and Best Actress at the very first Academy Awards as well as ranking #11 in the latest Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time list, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans resounds throughout the halls of cinematic history as an utterly essential anthem. One of the first applications of synchronised score and sound effects, Murnau’s American debut is most famous for its groundbreaking cinematography by Charles Rosher and Karl Struss with tremendous tracking shots, forced perspectives and magical composites that are as jaw-dropping now as they were in 1927.
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