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Sunrise

7th Heaven

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Sunrise - a story of two humans. This song of the Man and his Wife is of no place and every place; you might hear it anywhere at any time. For wherever the Sun rises and sets - in the city's turmoil or under the open sky on the farm - life is much the same; sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, tears and laughter, sin and forgiveness.
The film's opening preface.

Credits

Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Producer: William Fox
Production Company: Fox Film Corporation
Country: USA
Release Date: 23 September 1927 (New York Premiere with Movietone score), 29 November 1927 (Los Angeles Premiere with live music)
Length: 3816ft / 1163m
Running Time: 106 minutes

Scenario: Carl Mayer
Assistant Director: Herman Bing
Photography: Charles Rosher & Karl Struss
Editor: Harold Schuster
Art Director: Rochus Gliese
Musical Score: Hugo Riesenfeld
Musical Score (Los Angeles Premiere): Carli Elinor

Cast: George O'Brien (the man), Janet Gaynor (the wife), Margaret Livingston (the woman from the city), Bodil Rosing (the maid), J. Farrell MacDonald (the photographer), Ralph Sipperly (the hairdresser), Jane Winton (the manicure girl), F.W. Murnau (vacationer on boat)

Awards: American Academy Awards (Oscars)
1928 - Best Artistic Production - Sunrise
1928 - Best Actress - Janet Gaynor (7th Heaven, Sunrise & Street Angel)
1928 - Best Cinematography - Charles Rosher
1928 - Best Cinematography - Karl Struss