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Sunrise

Sunrise

1927
Romance, Drama
1h 34m
An attractive woman from the city, on vacation, stays in a small farming community and dazzles a young married farmer... (imdb)

Directed by:

F.W. Murnau

Screenwriter:

Carl Mayer, Hermann Sudermann

Starring:

George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ralph Sipperly, Herman Bing, Sidney Bracey, Jane Winton, Eddie Boland, Gino Corrado, Arthur Housman

Genres:

Romance, Drama, Crime

AKA:

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, None
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Sunrise

1927
Romance, Drama
1h 34m
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barthalenBarthalen
Rated 31 May 2010
69
51st
The opening is strong, has wonderful establishing shots and nicely builds up the tension. The main problem was that we're supposed to forgive a character that almost KILLED HIS WIFE. After that, it does a 180 and it's suddenly about two childish yokels being impressed by The Big City. Though the ending managed to restore some goodwill and I respect the general 'one love conquers all' idea, the film as a whole felt a bit disingenuous. "Sorry I tried to kill you, hun. Have some cake and flowers."
Rated 31 May 2010
beedubBeeDub
Rated 31 Jul 2015
92
84th
The characters are simplistic, the story is thin, the humor is outdated, the tone is bipolar... and yet, on a deep, subconscious level, this movie works. Much like the original Grimm fairy tales, the raw power of the story overcomes all the logical gaps to embed itself in your mind.
Rated 31 Jul 2015
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 05 Feb 2008
5
93rd
A film of questionable morality, but there is poetry in its simplicity. The emotional track the story takes, from despair to joy and back again, is effective for one reason. The Man and Wife aren't complex characters, but Murnau's direction is moody and crafted so that the film's romance still resonates. As far as directorial effort goes, this is perfect.
Rated 05 Feb 2008
theyshoot07theyshoot07
Rated 01 Mar 2008
100
99th
#10
Rated 01 Mar 2008
twincinematwincinema
Rated 01 Apr 2020
90
92nd
Fellas, we've all been there. We are content with living a life with our country bumpkin of a wife, but then our city mistress demands us to murder the other. This is a tale for the ages. This is in my top-5 films of pigs getting drunk.
Rated 01 Apr 2020
trixrabbiTrixRabbi
Rated 24 Apr 2012
87
94th
If you try to kill your wife she'll forgive you, all you need is a good date night.
Rated 24 Apr 2012
kasperlKasperL
Rated 15 Oct 2010
50
29th
Most overrated film ever made (seriously). I've rewatched it to make sure - and, so, now I dislike it even more, of course. Not that it's very bad.. far from it, in fact. The trouble is that it's exceptionally dated. The jokes don't work. At all. Gaynor is adorable and she and O'Brien make a cute enough couple but come on: get along with the plot, for Christsakes! The truth is, I don't really care if it was innovative back when it was made. To me it's utterly uninteresting to watch today. Sorry.
Rated 15 Oct 2010
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 18 Dec 2008
6
35th
The characters are always wrapped up in these weird situations (barber scene, pig chasing scene, storm scene). Some may find it poetic or romantic, in my case, the word "why" often popped up in my head. I found "Pescuit Sportiv" (a film with a similar plot) more effective. I'll probably see "Sunrise: ..." again one day, but 1st viewing left me feeling disappointed.
Rated 18 Dec 2008
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 17 Mar 2007
5
91st
Beautiful and lovely; the middle act borders on being silly at times, but manages to pull it off without any notable flaws, and the bookends are stellar. The story and characters are so simple that the movie takes on a fable-like quality. Great B&W photography, though ravaged somewhat by time, with some of the most stunning camerawork ever. Overall, flawed but transcendent and wonderfully romantic.
Rated 17 Mar 2007
bofbof
Rated 05 Feb 2016
93
99th
Proof that movies lost something when some asshole decided we needed to hear actors speak to get across what any half-decent actor and genius director can do with a look, a score, and every technical trick they can make serve the story. If silent movies had to die, this is as good a swansong as they could have hoped for.
Rated 05 Feb 2016
judge_holdenJudge Holden
Rated 22 Mar 2010
5
69th
(SPOILERS) I like how its happy ending consists of a woman falling back in love with the man who first cheated on her and then tried to strangle her and toss her lifeless corpse into the sea. Love conquers all!
Rated 22 Mar 2010
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 15 Jan 2009
25
17th
Great cinematography and direction and it manages not to feel like a silent film. However, all is ruined by the cop-out happy ending which pretty much destroys the film's purpose. Feels like a Shakespeare adaptation where everyone doesn't die in the end, and I felt cheated out of a serious emotional ending. Damn you, Hollywood; I was ready to rate this film about twice as high up until 5 minutes before the end. Still enjoyable, although too long (the wacky-comedy bits in particular).
Rated 15 Jan 2009
spunkieSpunkie
Rated 19 Nov 2008
60
65th
Don't let the sins of the city getcha, stay as you are. -Girl from the city- is treated as the agent of evil and husbands actions lay not much responsibility on him, other than slight guilt. Possible 3rd dimension of the story is severed. In-scene shots and dreamlike transitions are fabolous anyway.
Rated 19 Nov 2008
cyrusCyrus
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
97th
Murnau's film earns it's visceral finale through a deft understanding of the human condition. Dealing equally in guilt, infatuation, love and sadness, it's resonance is matched only by it's visual spectacle.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
duandskuduandsku
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
This film represents the artistic and technical peak of the silent era and remains to this day one of the best looking films ever shot. Moreover, the story it tells, of a man emotionally blackmailed into potentially murdering his wife by his lover from the city, remains haunting, timeless, beautiful and endlessly resonating. To me, the beauty here verges on the divine and is one of the best arguments ever captured for the undying power of cinema.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
cclzaCCLZA
Rated 04 Feb 2007
100
99th
superb, a true masterpiece and quite likely the best silent film ever made.
Rated 04 Feb 2007
rotaciravrotacirav
Rated 15 Sep 2024
64
76th
Takes the newly emerged clichés of Hollywood (and a short story by Hermann Sudermann, the proverbial early 20th century German trash writer) to employ them with such conviction it becomes something worthwhile, obviously artificial sets and all; you feel that after finishing it you should get a card that exempts you from ever hearing about a Hollywood film again. Top 20 of all time? Please.
Rated 15 Sep 2024
overratedoverrated
Rated 17 Apr 2021
48
44th
Wait, so a guy almost murders his wife, to make up for it they have the time of their life in the big city, and the near murder is actually the city's fault?
Rated 17 Apr 2021
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 02 May 2020
6
86th
born of murnau's conflicted feelings over his move to america (and the medium's capacity to enrichen the spirit), SUNRISE always seems about itself and the experience of watching it. a sordid proto-noir exalted into sublime fantasy, a violent, erotic fall into darkness and divine resurrection by the light; one might reject the latter for its dull naivete and succumb to the same fate as murnau's other fallen souls, or take that leap of faith with gaynor and get drunk as a pig on movie magic.
Rated 02 May 2020
larmorlarmor
Rated 12 Aug 2018
72
67th
The photography is brilliant, but the cameraworks are less impressive than in the Last Laugh. The story in itself is fairly typical but the order of events is refreshing, starting with a low and then showing love reborn. However, I have issues with the script: the married guy cheats on his wife, tries to kill her, but in this end, attempts at killing the city woman suggesting he believes she is the source of evil, when it's actually his behavior that he should reconsider... oh and drunk piggy.
Rated 12 Aug 2018
pratchett3Pratchett3
Rated 02 Jan 2018
7
50th
very cool cinematography and special effects for the time but the story could be summed up in four sentences
Rated 02 Jan 2018
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 05 Apr 2017
65
45th
Well shot movie about the most forgiving wife in history and the sociopath near murderer she loves.
Rated 05 Apr 2017
yiannosYiannos
Rated 09 Jul 2016
65
60th
Murnau was arguably the greatest director of the silent era, but the excessive praise for Sunrise has always baffled me because it doesn't really play to his strengths. Murnau is at his best when he is dark and moody, so it's no surprise that the most effective moments in Sunrise occur at the beginning and end of the film involving a vile temptress from the city with murderous impulses. The middle section, where the couple rejuvenate their love, sags, but it's well crafted, if a bit nice.
Rated 09 Jul 2016
davidystephdavidysteph
Rated 28 Jan 2016
68
80th
Let's get this out of the way: this was made in 1927. It features several repetitious, slow-paced sequences and a few impressively hamm-y performances. WIth that said, Sunrise is almost certainly the best silent film ever made. It is a one of the great film achievements of all time, and undoubtedly among the most cinematographically influential. Even a very modern-biased critic such as myself has to admit this is damn good movie.
Rated 28 Jan 2016
djrossdjross
Rated 09 Mar 2015
65
71st
Fairly well-done melodrama with some nice camerawork. Watch out for them city girls! Still, I think we’ve all been there, haven’t we? Saw the Czech print.
Rated 09 Mar 2015
mandymandy
Rated 14 Feb 2014
8
92nd
Every shot is beautifully framed and lit. A work of art.
Rated 14 Feb 2014
nepetaNepeta
Rated 10 Jan 2013
95
96th
A tale of how love can conquer all provided you're willing to work at it during the harder times. There are numerous moments where a simple image is overwhelming - the wife serving food to an empty table at home, her smiling to her husband in the boat whilst he sits there brooding, him crying in to her arms and begging that she might no longer fear him and of course the numerous kisses. It is genuinely moving but at other times also genuinely joyous, genuinely threatening, genuinely lovely.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
jestyJesty
Rated 25 Sep 2012
65
18th
I feel like I should love this more than I do, but I just can't get into the surface-y story and archetypal characters. The German Expressionism makes this visually excellent, but as a whole the film doesn't do anything for me.
Rated 25 Sep 2012
actionbergActionberg
Rated 23 Feb 2012
90
92nd
Wow, talk about a full day! First your husband comes within inches of brutally murdering you, but then he repents by taking you out for the night of your life in the city! All better! Jokes aside, this is a marvelous picture, with a mind-bogglingly creative style that seems way ahead of its time. It's funny, delightful, and occasionally unintentionally amusing with regard to its ridiculous relationship dynamics. It's deservedly a stone-cold classic and easily one of my favorite silent movies.
Rated 23 Feb 2012
rubanddugRubAndDug
Rated 04 Feb 2011
56
31st
Beautifully shot. Amazingly innovative.. Overtly romantic... And usually boring.... - Wtf happened to the drunk pig?
Rated 04 Feb 2011
neonmanNeonman
Rated 14 Mar 2010
94
97th
This film runs out of a storyline 20 minutes and diverts itself to focus isntead on a once-strained relationship that has just been rejuvenated. This is probably the best romance film ever. The visual effects are really impressive and not just for their time; for any times, since the effects (even if they are a tad technically wonky) work in the film to have a profound affect on the audience. Sunrise is a film that makes you feel alive and fall in love with love.
Rated 14 Mar 2010
jebJeb
Rated 18 Jan 2009
92
83rd
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is almost perfect. Although it borders on the lines of silliness in the second act, it still is lifted up by visually stellar B&W cinematography, an even, flowing plotline and it has an awesome ensemble study.
Rated 18 Jan 2009
cncht37cncht37
Rated 23 Nov 2008
100
99th
When I first saw this I couldn't leave it even for a second. It had a plot twist I've never seen before or since. Wonderful photography and effects. Silent with few story boards. If you truly love film you must see this at least once in your life.
Rated 23 Nov 2008
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 22 Oct 2008
88
91st
It's certainly aged - the second act gets silly - but it still has enough power in the simplicity of the story to compel even after eighty plus years. Great imagery, too.
Rated 22 Oct 2008
allisoncmallisoncm
Rated 26 Apr 2008
72
72nd
I love Janet Gaynor.
Rated 26 Apr 2008
torontodogtorontodog
Rated 01 Feb 2008
100
99th
One of the best silent movies I've seen (not that I've seen them all). The effects are impressive for that time. Also they finally had the technology in '27 to move the camera around - which this film took full advantage of.
Rated 01 Feb 2008
icarusIcarus
Rated 23 Oct 2007
95
96th
A mystical quality inhabits Murnau's Sunrise that highlights the mystery of a marriage that endures. Visually, the film rarely lets up, with multiple tracking shots, images within images, and even a few expressionistic moments. The editing is also often intuitive, such as the early cut from mother/child embrace to city girl/man embrace. The final moments, esp. the close up on the maid's face, drive home the beauty of true love. And to top it all off, there's a drunken pig close-up.
Rated 23 Oct 2007
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
84th
Imperfect but lovely movie. Gets a bit too silly in the middle.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
yesistastyyesistasty
Rated 17 Jan 2024
93
80th
An entertaining culmination, or summary really, of the first 30 years of film history.
Rated 17 Jan 2024
silent_discosilent disco
Rated 21 Aug 2023
75
60th
A rather impactful pure parable. I love seeing the concept of the "city" in cinema when it was still so fresh it seemed like a dream. Horror, romance, comedy, drifts in genre as life drifts through genre rather than feel obligated by script to not trail away from a tonal focus, a series of life vignettes, rock bottom to pure delirium.
Rated 21 Aug 2023
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 20 Jul 2023
85
87th
Hello, that sounds like a pig fainting!
Rated 20 Jul 2023
chadarnookchadarnook
Rated 30 Apr 2023
66
21st
Neat camera work and effects, but this is ultimately a simple parable about resisting modern temptations. One of the characters wears all black and may as well be named Foul Temptress.
Rated 30 Apr 2023
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 10 Apr 2023
80
69th
This is definitely the director of Nosferatu; gorgeous imagery, many brilliant sequences, and mountains of padding to get the thin plot to feature length. The second act borders on interminable (the drunken pig bit, followed by the shoulder strap bit, kill me now). Thankfully the title cards don’t stay on the screen so long they start to burn an image into your TV
Rated 10 Apr 2023
wilzymikeyWilzyMikey
Rated 17 Dec 2021
100
99th
93
Rated 17 Dec 2021
mike365365mike365365
Rated 12 Nov 2021
54
21st
I get that it was a great film for it's day. It bored me today. Plot is ridiculous. Technically admirable.
Rated 12 Nov 2021
akatemossfanAKateMossFan
Rated 03 Sep 2021
8
37th
metismetis
Rated 06 Aug 2021
82
77th
8?The wife is pretty. /??????????????????????????????????????it's funny though.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
peterfernoldpeterfernold
Rated 13 Oct 2019
100
85th
Appearing at the dawn of the talkies, F.W. Murnau's first American film represented Hollywood silent artistry at its peak. Picturesquely soporific.
Rated 13 Oct 2019
napolenbradynapolenbrady
Rated 20 Feb 2019
93
91st
92.50
Rated 20 Feb 2019
peyrinpeyrin
Rated 07 Nov 2018
80
81st
There's an almost fairy tale-like quality to the entire story here. Need to rewatch because I was exhausted after the midterms, lol.
Rated 07 Nov 2018
edkrakedkrak
Rated 28 Oct 2018
65
54th
Cinematography and editing are quiet modern and spectacular for its time. But apart from such technicalities I don't see anything special here. With such a banal script this is nothing more than a pleasant love story.
Rated 28 Oct 2018
heliophageHeliophage
Rated 07 Aug 2018
94
99th
Murnau presents a masterclass in painterly composition and lighting with every setup, and boy does he know it. There are also fantastic moments like that one arc shot. The story told is at once monstrous and supremely silly if taken literally; for once, though, silent melodrama earns its lofty self-designation as allegory, for what we really have here is an outright medieval pageant of emotions—in all their intensity and inherent contradiction—where the better impulses win out in the end.
Rated 07 Aug 2018
rottentRottenT
Rated 19 Mar 2018
98
96th
Boasting masterful cinematography to match its well-acted, wonderfully romantic storyline, Sunrise is perhaps the final -- and arguably definitive -- statement of the silent era.
Rated 19 Mar 2018
skapskap
Rated 04 Mar 2018
65
31st
Bought on DVD and watched only once very long time ago. I really don't understand why Murnau still rates as a major director today. And it's not that I don't like silent movies, I'm actually quite a fan of this format. But THIS cannot even be compared to Eisenstein or Chaplin (both completely different but both geniuses). Maybe I should attempt a second viewing one of these days.
Rated 04 Mar 2018
nathanbatesNathanBates
Rated 11 Feb 2018
80
78th
Who knew a movie about an attempted domestic murder could be so funny? Murnau tries every conceivable trick shot with the camera, which helps make some of the drawn-out scenes a little more bearable.
Rated 11 Feb 2018
jimmy_suedeJimmy Suede
Rated 25 Mar 2017
82
77th
The movie is beautifully shot, and I can kind of see why many critics name this as their top silent movie - if not top movie overall - of all time. I do appreciate a story that's able to balance serious and deep with light-hearted and funny, but when the couple is on a goofy date 5 (okay, maybe 10) minutes after he tries to kill her, I have a hard time. But the camera-work was amazing and innovative, and I do like a story where love in marriage wins out and is shown worth fighting for.
Rated 25 Mar 2017
walkearthwalkearth
Rated 13 Jan 2017
75
88th
/c BFI Southbank.
Rated 13 Jan 2017
vengefulkbmVengefulKBM
Rated 05 Nov 2016
80
75th
As dated as this obviously is, it's also beautiful, well-acted, and at times very moving. Though it's impossible to forgive the lead character for his transgressions, I feel like this was never meant to be taken literally and meant more as a fable (albeit a dated fable with 1920's logic and morals). So, yeah, if you can set aside the idea of viewing this through a modern lens, this really is one of the great silent films.
Rated 05 Nov 2016
fuckchopsfuckchops
Rated 23 Oct 2016
89
97th
An almost perfect and engaging rapture that uses the screen like a playground. The acting is incredible. The synchronised soundtrack perfect. The art design and cinematography serve the story masterfully.
Rated 23 Oct 2016
rufamRufam
Rated 08 Apr 2016
60
29th
One of cinema's early Great Realisations: Hollywood begins to see, with the aid of an Expressionist master, that visuals can create atmosphere, enhance the plot, underscore the characters' psychologies. There are many beautiful ideas and images here. But, for me to appreciate the story and themes, I had to be all "aw, it's 1927"-sympathetic. Clearly I suffer from too much of 2016 impatience to see this with 1927 glasses -and, even if I did, my prism would be as artificial as the characters.
Rated 08 Apr 2016
qwershadyqwershady
Rated 27 Dec 2015
80
85th
you can never know! fiction is so strong. this movie is too much for 1927
Rated 27 Dec 2015
evan_watersEvan Waters
Rated 17 Oct 2015
95
94th
What starts with the potential to be a cliche melodrama instead takes a sudden turn and becomes warm, empathetic, and surprisingly fun.
Rated 17 Oct 2015
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 09 Sep 2015
88
97th
Sunrise: A Masterpiece
Rated 09 Sep 2015
westknifewestknife
Rated 19 Aug 2015
81
67th
I loved the long, comedic middle section just as much as the dark/serious beginning and end. A great old silent film.
Rated 19 Aug 2015
xacviantxacviant
Rated 03 Apr 2015
86
75th
THIS SCORE IS TEMPORARY. Murnau's direction is incredible, the cinematography is impeccable, it has perhaps the first great score, and it's a very sweet and touching film overall. I'm not sure I was that sold on the farmer being seduced to the point of contemplating murder, and the whole thing with the pig is right on the line between charming and inane. But I'll go back to it soon and give it a really definitive viewing. Because even if it isn't a great whole, it has truly great parts.
Rated 03 Apr 2015
cosmicmonkeyCosmicMonkey
Rated 22 Mar 2015
90
94th
Miles above any silent film I've seen so far. It's beautiful, funny and romantic, and the ending almost pushed me to tears. It truly is an artistic and narrative peak in silent storytelling. The only thing that pushes this film away from perfection is how enforces the expectation that women should automatically forgive abusive partners. No. Not cool, Murnau. That aside, it's great. Plus it has a drunken piglet in it, which is the most adorable thing.
Rated 22 Mar 2015
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 23 Jan 2015
88
95th
Dreamlike, spellbinding and wonderfully acted. The middle is a bit long and silly even for this type of schmultzy Hollywood escapism. Although this movie is probably the pinnacle of that genre.
Rated 23 Jan 2015
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 03 Dec 2014
80
80th
(2nd viewing, 1st: 80)
Rated 03 Dec 2014
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
90
81st
Boasting truly poignant silent-era emoting, 1927's startlingly graceful conjunction of Germany's distorted reality and Hollywood's romanticism overpowered time and gravity with a creative visual abandon that was extraordinary to its first audiences. To see it today is to be thrown a real curve by the audacity of its visionary exploration.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
escano777escano777
Rated 05 Aug 2014
24
29th
This film is very good. It does have a slow section in the middle but overall great especially for such an old film.
Rated 05 Aug 2014
mrkbinghammrkbingham
Rated 25 Jun 2014
90
84th
Adhering to it in a whimsical and experimental path: this film explores the complexity of love and monotony. What does it mean to be fed up with your lover? And can you recover from betrayal?
Rated 25 Jun 2014
xalechimXalechim
Rated 11 Sep 2013
9
94th
Enjoyment: 8/10, Plot: 7/10 Themes: 8/10 Cinematography: 9/10 Direction: 9/10 Acting: 8/10 Writing: 8/10 Score: 8/10 Editing: 8/10 Design: 8/10
Rated 11 Sep 2013
reyRey
Rated 09 Feb 2013
86
87th
Uma canção sobre duas pessoas é um filme cujo ritmo se sustenta na afinação das atuações e na harmonia dos contrários. Filme de transição entre o período alemão e o americano do diretor, é magistral o equilíbrio encontrado, extraindo o melhor de cada. Murnau não gosta das palavras na tela. As poucas são exploradas artisticamente, como a proposta indecorosa da "vilã" que afunda na tela. O amor figura como elemento de redenção de uma forma muito bonita cujo clímax se consuma na cena da igreja.
Rated 09 Feb 2013
amadeusAmadeus
Rated 24 Jan 2013
98
99th
wow... timeless masterpiece.
Rated 24 Jan 2013
droogDroog
Rated 15 Dec 2012
100
0th
Great acting and even better directing... And some of the best cinematography I've seen...
Rated 15 Dec 2012
cinematicespCinematicESP
Rated 20 Sep 2012
80
52nd
Murnau continues to flex his Expressionist muscle with the first and last acts, though the cheery middle, while sometimes fun, drags on a bit. Still, the emotional journey is worth it.
Rated 20 Sep 2012
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 14 Sep 2012
76
80th
This is an extremely well made movie. It's one of those basic movies that every aspiring filmmaker should see. The music, cinematography, and editing are particularly good. They all work well together to develop these characters. It did drag on a bit in the middle, though
Rated 14 Sep 2012
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 31 Aug 2012
81
78th
for the most part all german expressionistic movies have to offer is some stellar set design, but this one exceeds where others fail. good acting, good writing, great direction.
Rated 31 Aug 2012
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 09 Jun 2012
100
98th
Murnau finally proves he's up to snuff with the great Fritz Lang, and makes a grown-up film that still holds true to the vibrant experimentalist core of German expressionism. Both boating scenes are absolutely perfect.
Rated 09 Jun 2012
hulothulot
Rated 01 May 2012
100
96th
watched: 2012, 2016, 2022
Rated 01 May 2012
iyisinekiyisinek
Rated 28 Apr 2012
75
67th
dram, romantik, aldatma, kari-koca, iki kadin bir adam, karisini öldürmek isteyen adam, sandalla yolculuk, yuva yikan kadin ( kisa bir hikayesi var aslinda, yarim saatte bitmesi lazim, ama zaman farki var neticede)
Rated 28 Apr 2012
nobletNoblet
Rated 07 Feb 2012
88
91st
A brilliant film for the most part. The shot composition is masterful, and the camerawork features some extraordinary shots - from long, dynamic tracking shots to expertly framed static shots. The way the visuals serve the somewhat simple story is pretty much unmatched by anything I've seen.
Rated 07 Feb 2012
kavuKavu
Rated 24 Jan 2012
48
23rd
A technical masterpiece. Starts well, ends well, quite awful in between.
Rated 24 Jan 2012
kadrianKadrian
Rated 24 Jan 2012
50
34th
I'm left wondering why a fancy girl from the city would fall so heavily for a country bumpkin. She's not dumb, but the guy she's after would have to be pretty stupid to trust a woman who would have him murder his wife! Among other inconsistancies and the fact that it's just another typical love movies, I'll pass on watching this one again.
Rated 24 Jan 2012
damildamil
Rated 23 Jan 2012
80
90th
Despite some of the content, it's actually one of the loveliest films I've seen. What I was impressed most by were the visual effects. They weren't anything special by today's standards of course, but they were really effective here.
Rated 23 Jan 2012
halukilhanhalukilhan
Rated 09 Dec 2011
100
93rd
sehir, kilisede af, firtina
Rated 09 Dec 2011
theyshoot11theyshoot11
Rated 30 Nov 2011
99
98th
#12
Rated 30 Nov 2011
derekstarDerekstar
Rated 29 Oct 2011
80
68th
So it's a film about a wife forgiving her husband for attempting to murder her and fucking around with some floozy from the city. Portions of it are really dated. We're told visually that the city woman is NO GOOD since she wears shin length skirts and has short hair. What a skank. Also, some of the comedy is just retarded, such as the drunk pig scene. But the plot is just so damn simple that you can't help but relate to it. It may have been a superior short film, but I mean, the film works.
Rated 29 Oct 2011
auhasarderikauhasarderik
Rated 23 Aug 2011
9
93rd
Expressionist landmark working at best with its eerie and poetic visuals and powerful, straightforward melodrama. Has an unforgettable ending and haunting images throughout.
Rated 23 Aug 2011
pinkflagPinkFlag
Rated 23 Jul 2011
92
50th
A testament to FW Murnau's outstanding vision as a cinematic artist.
Rated 23 Jul 2011
caimancaiman
Rated 12 Jul 2011
89
89th
I was initially a little put off by the abandonment of the story, but by the time the movie ended I appreciated what the movie did. Such a great mixture of comedy and drama, much like real life. I do think the dramatic scenes worked better than the funny ones, though I did get a kick out of the drunk pig. The cinematography was pretty spectacular, with some of the best shots I've seen from a silent film. Overall a touching, entertaining, technically impressive work.
Rated 12 Jul 2011
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 09 Jul 2011
92
92nd
While I wasn't nearly as enamored by this Essential Film as I probably should have been, it is still remarkably effective and emotional. I have to give major credit to a plot that is so unabashedly unapologetic about fidelity and trust. That's only silly if you've never been there.
Rated 09 Jul 2011
mrcarmadyMrCarmady
Rated 29 May 2011
71
19th
Eh... Beautiful, but I don't buy the romanticism of it at all, especially since it glorifies the country-side so much...
Rated 29 May 2011
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 31 Mar 2011
70
19th
For all of the visual excellency, the rest of the movie flounders a bit.
Rated 31 Mar 2011
naikounaikou
Rated 02 Mar 2011
50
41st
The first act is very well done (albeit slow paced). All three main characters emote well, the tension builds nicely, the cinematography is great. The scenes with the wife crying and the man saying "Don't be afraid of me!" are especially good. Then... the second act sort of throws everything out the window by being sappy and cartoonish. She forgives him for cheating on her and trying to MURDER her in less than an hour? pssh. Would have been way better as a tragedy, too.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
stevekimesstevekimes
Rated 28 Feb 2011
85
73rd
A classic silent with something for everyone-- melodrama, romance, forgiveness, comedy... It's a great emotional roller coaster.
Rated 28 Feb 2011
glmglm
Rated 26 Dec 2010
91
94th
90.500
Rated 26 Dec 2010
johnnydarkjohnnydark
Rated 15 Dec 2010
91
65th
Great expressionist melodrama from German director F.W. Murnau. He's one of those directors that once you've seen one of his films, you want to see them all.
Rated 15 Dec 2010
rnevesrrnevesr
Rated 09 Dec 2010
88
83rd
Being a pessimist myself, I fucking loved the optimism this film portrayed in its own quirky way.
Rated 09 Dec 2010
bownBown
Rated 06 Dec 2010
81
57th
Awesome, fun piece with incredible camerawork. And I find it hilarious how it completely disregards any plot it might have had about 40 minutes in in favour of awe-inspiring expressionism shots.
Rated 06 Dec 2010

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