Sunrise : a song of two humans /

A naive country man falls for a cold-blooded city woman who persuades him to drown his wife in order to be with her.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Sunrise (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Sudermann, Hermann, 1857-1928 (Author)
Corporate Author:	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors:	Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931 (Director), Fox, William, 1879-1952 (Producer), Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944 (Screenwriter), Rosing, Bodil, 1877-1941 (Actor), Sipperly, Ralph, 1890-1928 (Actor), Winton, Jane, 1905-1959 (Actor), Housman, Arthur, 1890-1942 (Actor), Boland, Eddie, 1885-1935 (Actor), MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952 (Actor), O'Brien, George, 1899-1985 (Actor), Gaynor, Janet (Actor), Livingston, Margaret (Actor), Brock, Timothy (Conductor)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:	No linguistic content
Language Notes:	Silent, with English (Movietone version), French, or Spanish (European version) intertitles.
Published:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2013]
Edition:	[Blu-ray/DVD combo ed.].
Series:	Studio classic.
Subjects:	Women > Sexual behavior > Drama. Men > Sexual behavior > Drama. Attempted murder > Drama. Fiction films. Silent films. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	A naive country man falls for a cold-blooded city woman who persuades him to drown his wife in order to be with her.
Item Description:	Collection includes feature film in four released versions: original Movietone version (in DVD and Blu-ray disc formats ; 94 min.) and European silent version (in DVD and Blu-ray disc formats ; 79 min.). Fully restored digitally remastered videorecording (DVD and Blu-ray versions) of a motion picture released in 1927. Special features on disc 1: original Fox Movietone score version and European silent version; commentary by cinematographer John Bailey ;outtakes with commentary by cinematographer John Bailey; outtakes with text cards; original scenario by Carl Mayer with Murnau's annotations; original screenplay ; original theatrical trailer ; restoration notes.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Blu-ray disc; full frame format 1.20:1 (European version: 1.33:1); original Fox Movietone score, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 2.0 (orchestra score); requires Blu-ray player. DVD; both sided; full frame format 1.20:1 (European version: 1.33:1); original Fox Movietone score Dolby Digital 1.0; Dolby Digital 2.0 (orchestra score).
Audience:	Not rated.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 1929: Oscars for Best Actress (Janet Gaynor), Best Cinematography (Charles Rosher, Karl Struss), Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production. National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989: National Film Registry.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Charles Rosher, Karl Struss; editing, Harold D. Schuster; original music, Hugo Riesenfeld; performed by Olympia Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock.