Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's first film US-produced film sings the song of a man and his wife as it could occur anywhere, anytime, wherever the sun rises and sets, in the hustle of the city or under the open sky of a farm. It signifies the same always, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet; both tears and laughter, sin and forgiveness…

As the delicate, innocent farmer’s wife Janet Gaynor in Sunrise is the personified antithesis of the garish femme fatale and symbol of the city encroaching into the countryside. At the first ever Academy Awards in 1929, at the tender age of 22, Gaynor received the award for best actress for her three roles in ‘Seventh Heaven’, ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Street Angel’.  She would remain the youngest award winner right until 1986.