Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1926)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Writer: Hermann Sudermann, Carl Meyer, Catherine Hilliker, and H.H. Caldwell
Starring: George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor
Co-Starring: Margaret Livingstond and Bodil Rosing
Description: An attractive woman from the city, on vacation, stays in a small farming community and dazzles a young married farmer. The wicked woman suggests that the man's deceptively dowdy-looking wife might "accidentally" drown. Can he, will he go through with it? The scene changes; in unexpected company, the man gets a kaleidoscopic taste of what the actual city is like. The dramatic climax comes in a fearsome storm and its aftermath...
Rating: A-
In a word... fascinating.
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