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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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Sunrise is a movie about a woman from the city (played by Margaret Livingston), who tempts a married farmer (George O'Brien) to kill his wife (Janet Gaynor) and run off with her to the city.

Written by Hermann Sudermann (story Die Reise Nach Tilsit) and Carl Mayer, and directed by F.W. Murnau, the movie was the only film to win the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production (in 1927) when it was a variation of Best Picture.

Gaynor won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has also been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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