Part of See It Big! The American Epic & See It Big! (Past Programs)
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 2:00 p.m.

Dir. F. W. Murnau. 1927, 94 mins. Restored 35mm print with original soundtrack. With Janet Gaynor, George O’Brien. After establishing himself as one of the most important German expressionist filmmakers (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh), Murnau came to America and used the best of Hollywood’s resources to create Sunrise, which is widely regarded as his greatest achievement and one of the high points in silent cinema. This exquisite story of love, marriage, temptation, and the lure of the big city is so bursting with glorious visual poetry that one can easily see why it won Best Unique and Artistic Production at the first ever Academy Awards ceremony.

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