Sunrise (1927)

Saturday, September 26th, 2026 – 2:00pm

The Hollywood Theatre
4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212

Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score live on the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.

From the creator of Nosferatu, we are proud to present,  F.W. Murnau’s 1927 masterpiece……SUNRISE – A Song of Two Humans.

Considered by many to be the best film ever made by a Hollywood studio, F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE represents silent artistry at its peak.

Murnau’s graceful moving camera, expressive lighting, and super-impositions lyrically evoke the inner passion, pain, and romanticism driving the love triangle among a simple country couple and a vampish city woman.

SUNRISE as a whole is wonderfully moving, and remains to this day one of the most visually poetic films to have ever been made.

SUNRISE’s artistic impact can be seen most notably in CITIZEN KANE (1941).

We will also be screening a special rare short subject film as well!

Sydney Morning Herald – “From two points of view, SUNRISE is among the most remarkable films that have ever been flashed on the screen. One is the rich, sensitive beauty of the photography; the other the tragic tenseness of the story.”

London Evening Standard – “The film is electric: overwhelmingly passionate and sexual. –  The film is electric: overwhelmingly passionate and sexual.”

Variety – #15 on the Top 100 Films of All Time

Awards:
Best Actress – Janet Gaynor – Academy Award
Best Cinematography – Karl Struss  and Charles Rosher – Academy Award

IMDB – 92% rating  –  8.1 of 10 stars (52,090 reviews)
Rotten Tomatoes – Tomato Meter – 98%     Popcorn Meter – 92%
Director: F.W. Murnau
Run-Time:  (1 hr: 43 min)

Purchase Tickets at: The Hollywood Theatre