Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston. The film's plot follows a married farmer (O'Brien) who falls for a woman vacationing from the city (Livingston), who tries to convince him to murder his wife (Gaynor) in order to be with her. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann.
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
Hermann Sudermann was a German dramatist and novelist.
Simon Dach was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia.
Johannes Bobrowski was a German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist.
Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania is a Lutheran church body comprising congregations in Lithuania. The ELCL is a member of the Porvoo Communion and the Lutheran World Federation.
Rafik Schami is a Syrian-German author, storyteller and critic.
Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), most of them being films directed by F. W. Murnau. Mayer was a fundamental figure in the dramatic and narrative establishment of both German expressionist cinema and Kammerspielfilm.
John Gottowt was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies.
Ernst Alexander August George Wichert was a German lawyer, judge, and author.
Hermann Thimig was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.
Ottilie Wildermuth was a German writer, particularly notable for her children's books.
Sovetsk is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania.
Hermann Lingg was a German poet who also wrote plays and short stories. His cousin, Maximilian von Lingg, was Bishop of Augsburg.
The Journey to Tilsit is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn and Anna Dammann.
The Cats' Bridge is an 1889 novel by the German writer Hermann Sudermann. It was published in English in 1898 as Regina, or The Sins of the Fathers, translated by Beatrice Marshall.
Honour is an 1889 play by the German writer Hermann Sudermann. It tells the story of the conflicts and love affairs between two families, one wealthy and one poor. When the wealthy father has an affair with a daughter in the poor family, her brother challenges the rich man to a duel, only to be laughed off.
Jons und Erdme is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Victor Vicas, starring Giulietta Masina and Carl Raddatz. It is based on the story "Jons and Erdma" from Hermann Sudermann's 1917 short story collection The Excursion to Tilsit.
Heinrich Federer was a Swiss writer and Catholic priest.
