Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann.
Theatrical release poster
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
Murnau c. 1920–1930
Murnau shooting a film in 1920
Murnau with Henri Matisse in Tahiti in 1930
Actor David Rollins sits unclothed in a 1927 photo taken by Murnau.