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Eye on Sound: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (soundwave)

Sunrise

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau / US, 1927 / 94 min.

The first American film by renowned German director Murnau portrays a young couple’s romance as they are driven apart by ‘woman of the world’. Accompanied live by the Sunrise Trio.

poster Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, US 1927)
A farmer threatens to leave his family when he falls for a city girl. He is prepared to kill his wife to be with the latter. At the moment of truth, he backs out, deciding to stay with his wife, but now he has to re-win her trust.

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Director

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Production year

1927

Country

US

Original title

Sunrise

Length

94 min.

Language

live music, English

Subtitles

NONE

Format

DCP

Part of

Eye on Sound

With Eye on Sound, Eye focuses on the special relationship between image and sound. Expect live music to silent films, live bands from today to classics of yesteryear, brand new scores to films from the versatile Eye collection and special attention to the often neglected art of sound design.

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