City Lights (1931)
97%RT Audience Score: 96%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 1 nomination
One of the best underdog romance movies ever, with an ending that will light up any heart.
This flick is the ultimate feel-good romance for all the underdogs out there. The ending is so heartwarming, it’ll make even the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes. Trust me, you’ll be grinning from ear to ear by the time the credits roll.
Production Company(ies)
Charles Chaplin Productions,
Distributor
United Artists
Release Type
Theatrical
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Chaplin Studios – 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
1931
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Runtime:1h 27m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 30, 1931 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 23, 2010
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Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers, Hank Mann, Al Ernest Garcia, Florence Lee, directed by Charlie Chaplin, written by Charlie Chaplin, romance, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Chris Stuckmann, Irene Thirer, Scott Tobias, David Fear, Ben Kenigsberg, Dan Jardine, Brian Eggert, Dennis Harvey, Dudley Early, Jorge Luis Borges, Sarah Brinks, producer Charlie Chaplin, G rating, United Artists, 35mm, hapless, resilient, tramp, blind flower girl, tough city streets, eviction, attempts, money, humiliating failure, drunken millionaire, lavishly rewards, heartwarming ending
Worldwide gross: $47,017
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,133,901
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,567
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 123,653
US/Canada gross: $19,181
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $462,585
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,346
US/Canada opening weekend: $9,102
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $219,511
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,633
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $1,500,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $36,175,261
Production budget ranking: 1,037
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $19,480,378
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$54,521,737
ROI to date (est.): -98%
ROI ranking: 2,009
Virginia Cherrill – A blind girl
Harry Myers – An eccentric millionaire
Hank Mann – A prizefighter
Al Ernest Garcia – The eccentric millionaire’s butler
Florence Lee – The blind girl’s grandmother
Director(s)
Charlie Chaplin
Writer(s)
Charlie Chaplin
Producer(s)
Charlie Chaplin
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3 wins & 1 nomination
Academy Awards
All Critics (58) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (2)
Chaplin and his cast have crafted a silent film that is drastically funny, extremely well-shot and still holds up today…this is a labor of love, for sure, but the end result is a classic that has held the test of time.
June 27, 2018 | Rating: A+
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
“City Lights” is excruciatingly funny and terribly, terribly sad. It makes you chuckle hysterically. You have the greatest time imaginable, and yet, occasionally you find little hurty lumps in your throat.
January 29, 2016 | Rating: 4/4
Irene Thirer
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
There’s dignity and folly to The Tramp in City Lights, and everything in between.
November 19, 2013 | Rating: 5/5
Scott Tobias
The Dissolve
TOP CRITIC
November 18, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
David Fear
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
This is one of those rare creatures, the work of a master craftsman in full control of his craft.
August 6, 2010 | Rating: 93/100
Dan Jardine
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
City Lights may be Charles Chaplin’s most personal motion picture, or perhaps the film’s heightened measure of emotion just makes it feel that way.
March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It was the year’s top hit, and remains as close to perfection as any feature vehicle for the “Little Tramp…”
February 22, 2022
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
[The plot] isn’t much; but, when written, directed, produced and starred by Charlie Chaplin it is a masterpiece.
February 12, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Dudley Early
Austin American-Statesman
In reality — in what I believe is reality — this much-seen film from the splendid creator and hero of The Gold Rush is nothing more than a weak collection of minor mishaps imposed on a sentimental story.
December 15, 2021
Jorge Luis Borges
Sur
The physical comedy in City Lights is fantastic.
April 1, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
There’s a power in these frames, a moment that easily could be used to explain, shorthand, the human attraction to the cinematic form.
November 12, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com…
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A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp’s on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl’s benefactor and suitor.
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Bigger Stronger Faster*
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)
89%RT Audience Score: 81%
Metascore: 80
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In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America’s win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.Tagline
Is it still cheating if everyone’s doing it?Production Company
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Chris Bell
as Self
Host
Mike Bell
as Self
Mark Bell
Hank Aaron
as Self (archive footage)
Lyle Alzado
Joshua Amsden
Ben Aukes
Kelly Beecher
Rosemary Bell
Sheldon Bell
Joe Biden
as Self (archive footage
(as Sen. Joseph Biden)
Mike Blanton
Christian Boeving
Barry Bonds
Jim Bunning
George Bush
George W. Bush
Mark CalawayDirector(s)
Chris Bell
Writer(s)
Chris Bell, Alexander Buono, Tamsin Rawady
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8 12
8 1/2 (1963)
95%RT Audience Score: 92%
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Inventive, thought-provoking, and funny, 8 1/2 represents the arguable peak of Federico Fellini’s many towering feats of cinema.
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1963
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Film/TV/Theater Drama Movie, Foreign Language Drama Movie, Re-Release Drama Movie, Relationship Drama, Movies Directed by Federico Fellini, Movies Written by Federico Fellini, Movies Written by Ennio Flaiano, Movies Written by Tullio Pinelli, Movies Written by Brunello Rondi, Movies Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Movies Starring Claudia Cardinale, Movies Starring Anouk Aimee, Movies Starring Sandra Milo, Movies Starring Rossella Falk, Movies Starring Barbara Steele, Movies from 1999, Movies from the 1990s, Movies from Italy, Italian Language
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Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia
Anouk Aimée
Luisa Anselmi (as Anouk Aimee)
Sandra Milo
Carla
Madeleine Lebeau
French Actress
Mario Pisu
Mezzabotta
Director(s)
Dan Mirvish
Writer(s)
Daniel Moya (story), Dan Mirvish (story),
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8 1/2
All Critics (55) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (1)
Though he can’t face up to the total case, we must be grateful to Fellini for having presented so much of it, and with such flair and exuberance.
February 11, 2020
Eric Rhode
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Fellini keeps a grasp on his difficult form, creating some penetrating, witty, tragic moments.
June 26, 2018
James Powers
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
A carnival of the soul.
May 1, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Ian Mantgani
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Marcello Mastroianni becomes an avatar for the great Italian director Federico Fellini in the surreal cinematic self-interrogation that takes place in 8 1/2.
April 30, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Kate Muir
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It exerts an irresistible pull.
April 30, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
8 1/2 is probably the most potent movie about film-making, within which fantasy and reality are mixed without obfuscation, and there’s a tough argument that belies Fellini’s usual felicitous flaccidity.
January 6, 2014
Derek Malcolm
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
With every screening, you discover more layers and further understand the film’s purpose, and its filmmaker.
February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It remains dazzling and original, as ambitiously unfettered an exercise in navel- gazing as the movies have ever offered…
August 30, 2021
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
It successfully portrays the passions, contradictions, and pressures of being an artist.
May 21, 2021
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
Overall 8 1/2 is a strange film but I like it and what it has to say about inspiration and film. It was a challenging to movie to watch and keep everything straight but I like movies that challenge me and make me ask questions.
March 24, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
No director has been as personal or vulnerable as Fellini is here– he taps into his past, his dreams, his quirks, faults and failures, to find the meaning in the madness of life.
January 10, 2021
Asher Luberto
L.A. Weekly
Made me prick up my eyes. After twenty minutes I began to suspect I might be in on a masterpiece, and after thirty I was sure of it.
August 13, 2019
Dwight MacDonald
Esquire Magazine…
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Guido admits to a Cardinal that he is not happy. The Cardinal offers little insight. Guido invites his estranged wife Luisa and her friends to join him. They dance, but Guido abandons her for his production crew. Guido confesses to his wife’s best friend Rosella that he wanted to make a film that was pure and honest, but he is struggling with something honest to say. Carla surprises Guido, Luisa, and Rosella outside the hotel, and Guido claims that he and Carla ended their affair years ago. Luisa and Rosella call him on the lie, and Guido slips into a fantasy world where he lords over a harem of women from his life, but a rejected showgirl starts a rebellion. The fantasy women attack Guido with harsh truths about himself and his sex life.
When Luisa sees how bitterly Guido represents her in the film, she declares that their marriage is over. Guido’s Ideal Woman arrives in the form of an actress named Claudia. Guido explains that his film is about a burned-out man who finds salvation in this Ideal Woman. Claudia concludes that the protagonist is unsympathetic because he is incapable of love. Broken, Guido calls off the film, but the producer and the film’s staff announce a press conference. Guido attempts to escape from the journalists and eventually imagines shooting himself in the head. Guido realizes he was attempting to solve his personal confusion by creating a film to help others, when instead he needs to accept his life for what it is. He asks Luisa for her assistance in doing so. Carla tells him that she figured out what he was trying to say: that Guido can’t do without the people in his life. The men and women hold hands and run around the circle, Guido and Luisa joining them last.
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MLKFBI
MLK/FBI (2021)
Fresh Kernels Score: 83%
RT Audience Score: 67%
Metascore: 81
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HBO Documentary Films, Jigsaw Productions, Sky Atlantic
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TV-PG
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2021
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Country of origin: United States
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Release date: January 15, 2021 (United States)
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Worldwide gross: $91,833
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): 99878.18805
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,977
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 10,892
US/Canada gross: $45,200
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): 49159.82381
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,707
US/Canada opening weekend: $21,603
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): 23495.568
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,396
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Martin Luther King
as Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self
FBI
Director(s)
Sam Pollard
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David J. Carrow (based upon the book by), Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLK/FBI
Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mlk_fbi
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M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1970)
Fresh Kernels Score: 84%
RT Audience Score: 83%
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The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean War. With little help from the circumstance in which they find themselves, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless, the war goes on.
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Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
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Participant Willi Hill Killer Content
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Alan Alda
as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce
Wayne Rogers
as Capt. ‘Trapper John’ McIntyre
Loretta Swit
as Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan
Jamie Farr
as Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger
William Christopher
as Father Francis Mulcahy
Harry Morgan
as Col. Sherman T. Potter
Gary Burghoff
as Cpl. Walter ‘Radar’ O’Reilly
Mike Farrell
as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
Kellye Nakahara
as Lt. Kellye Yamato
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David Ogden Stiers
as Maj. Charles Winchester
Larry Linville
as Maj. Frank Burns
Jeff Maxwell
as Pvt. Igor Straminsky
McLean Stevenson
as Lt. Col. Henry Blake
Roy Goldman
as Roy
Todd Susman
as P.A. Announcer
Sal Viscuso
Odessa Cleveland
as Lt. Ginger Bayliss
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Dennis Troy
as Corpsman
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Larry Gelbart (developed for television by
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Throughout the series, Douglas MacArthur is referred to as though he is still in command of the UN forces in Korea. However, MacArthur was relieved of command by President Truman about ten months into the war; April 11, 1951 to be exact.
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Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them – little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
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Some TV networks aired the show with the laugh track turned on and some with it turned off. The final show however ‘Goodbye, Farewell and Amen’ was never supplied with a laugh track as it was thought inappropriate for the story-line.
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=M*A*S*H+%281970%29&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1
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The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel) (1930)
92%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Marlene Dietrich steals more than one show in this backstage tragedy about a lowly professor besotted with a cruel and enigmatic singer.
The Blue Angel is a classic film that showcases the incredible acting talents of Emil Jannings and the seductive allure of Marlene Dietrich. It’s a cautionary tale about the dangers of obsession and the consequences of giving into temptation. But let’s be real, the real star of the show is Lola, the cruel enchantress who steals the heart of the professor and leaves him a broken man. She’s the ultimate femme fatale, and we can’t help but be entranced by her every move. So, if you’re in the mood for a little bit of decadence and a whole lot of drama, The Blue Angel is the perfect film for you. Just don’t blame us if you find yourself falling under Lola’s spell.
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Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions,
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Image Entertainment Inc., Paramount Pictures
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Berlin, Germany
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Not Rated
Year of Release
1930
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Language(s):German, English, French
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 3, 1930 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 6, 2007
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Drama
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The Blue Angel, drama, German, Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Hans Albers, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Eduard von Winterstein, directed by Josef von Sternberg, written by Carl Zuckmayer, Robert Liebmann, Karl Vollmöller, produced by Erich Pommer, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Sydney Morning Herald, Guardian, Empire Magazine, Chicago Reader, TIME Magazine, Variety, Deep Focus Review, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Cine-Mundial, The Spectator, MPAA rating, tragedy, cabaret performer, professor, lust, marriage, sexuality, shadows, German expressionism, silent film, sound film, audience score, critic consensus, critic reviews, audience reviews, horror movies, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV premiere dates
Worldwide gross: $4,410
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $97,624
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,028
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 10,646
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Marlene Dietrich – Lola Lola
Hans Albers – Mazeppa
Kurt Gerron – Kiepert
Rosa Valetti – Guste
Eduard von Winterstein – The Director of School
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Josef von Sternberg
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NA
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Erich Pommer
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NA
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All Critics (46) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (2)
Emil Jannings portrays this role superbly… This surely is one of the finest examples of tragic acting yet furnished from the screen.
August 6, 2019
SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Once the party’s over, the money’s lost and the humiliation has set in, what leader, what purifying force can rescue everyone from this devastating shame, while supplying something of the same erotic, exalting excitement?
May 30, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
A remarkable performance from Emil Jannings.
July 28, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The first film collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, this reeks with decay and sexuality.
July 28, 2008
Don Druker
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
If The Blue Angel is familiar material, it is also the sort of hing that Jannings does better than anyone else.
July 28, 2008
TIME Staff
TIME Magazine
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On top of the drawing power of Jannings comes the discovery of a new magnet, Marlene Dietrich.
June 2, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
The Blue Angel launched a legendary collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in Hollywood.
February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It Is a great role for Emil Jannings — one of his best… Miss Dietrich Is all that she should be in the role of the cruel enchantress, Lola, although it did seem to us that the vulgar side of the part had been unnecessarily overdone.
August 1, 2020
Martin Dickstein
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Its success is guaranteed. [Full Review in Spanish]
September 10, 2019
Francisco J. Ariza
Cine-Mundial
There can be few moments in the cinema more truly horrible than the scene when the ruined professor shambles on to the stage of the disreputable tavern.
August 6, 2019
Edgar Anstey
The Spectator
…part exploitation piece, part morality tale.
August 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
Unlike the monsters of Murnau and Wiene, Blue Angel’s light is equal to its darkness
May 31, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
Christopher Machell
CineVue…
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Germany 1924. Middle aged Dr. Immanuel Rath is a stuffy literature professor at a boys’ school. Most of his students don’t much like him, often ridiculing him by sending him unflattering anonymous notes and drawings. Dr. Rath learns that many of his boys often frequent a cabaret called the Blue Angel, which he believes is corrupting their impressionable young minds. He heads to the Blue Angel himself to catch the boys in the act, shame them into not going again, but also to ask the headlining performer, anglophone Lola Lola, to cease and desist performing her show. Over several visits, Rath is able to catch the boys, but he himself starts to fall for Lola, and she seemingly with him. His infatuation with her threatens his teaching career. Their relationship ends up not being what either envisioned, the question being how they will both deal with their disintegrating relationship and the reasons behind that disintegration.
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Fresh Kernels doesn’t have anything goofy or funny or odd to say about The Blue Angel, but Emil Jannings’ performance is described as “superb” and “one of the finest examples of tragic acting yet furnished from the screen.”
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
92%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
7 wins & 2 nominations total
Director Lewis Milestone’s brilliant anti-war polemic, headlined by an unforgettable performance from Lew Ayres, lays bare the tragic foolishness at the heart of war.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a movie that will make you feel all the feels. It’s got tragedy, levity, and romance all wrapped up in a package that will leave you speechless. The war scenes are so realistic, you’ll feel like you’re right there in the trenches. And the anti-war message is so powerful, it might just make you want to start a peace movement. But don’t worry, there are still some moments of humor to lighten the mood. All in all, it’s a must-see for anyone who loves great cinema.
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Les Films, du Cru Film4 Orange Studio
Distributor
Universal Pictures
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Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Sherwood Forest, California, USA
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Passed
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1930
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Runtime:1h 45m
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Language(s):English, French, German, Latin
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 1930 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 6, 2007
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War
Keyword(s)
War, German, schoolboys, World War I, anti-war, tragedy, jingoistic teacher, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Raymond Griffith, Slim Summerville, Russell Gleason, directed by Lewis Milestone, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., written by Erich Maria Remarque, George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Lewis Milestone, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Ella H McCormick, Jefferson Bell, Edwin Schallert, Robert Randol, Inquirer Staff, Globe Staff, Don Shanahan, Reg Whitley, Eleanor Barnes, NZ Herald Staff, David Bax, Charlotte Observer Staff, genre, MPAA rating, distributor, Universal Pictures
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Louis Wolheim – Katczinsky
John Wray – Himmelstoss, Postman, Sergeant
Raymond Griffith – Gerard Duval
Slim Summerville – Tjaden
Russell Gleason – Muller
Director(s)
Lewis Milestone
Writer(s)
Erich Maria Remarque, George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Lewis Milestone
Producer(s)
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
7 wins & 2 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (83) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (81) | Rotten (2)
All Quiet on the Western Front will grip you and leave an indelible mark upon your soul.
April 8, 2021
Ella H. McCormick
Detroit Free Press
TOP CRITIC
[All Quiet on the Western Front] strips war of all its glory and bares its sickening brutality with a tragic grimness that spares nothing and leaves the spectator shaken and speechless.
April 8, 2021
Jefferson Bell
Miami Herald
TOP CRITIC
How it was passible to attain such remarkable accuracy in the battle episodes is a story in itself. But the delicate and intimate touches in the production are exceptionally fine, and though the story is somber there is the relieving humor here and there.
April 8, 2021
Edwin Schallert
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
There is not much characterization in the picture. This is another reason why it is not a masterpiece. Many times it seems like a news reel actually taken at the front during 1917. It is this photographic detail which limits it as a work of art.
April 8, 2021
Robert Randol
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
TOP CRITIC
All Quiet on the Western Front is unquestionably the greatest screen document of war and its bitter, terrifying futility that has yet been presented.
April 8, 2021
Inquirer Staff
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
All Quiet on the Western Front is beautifully photographed, and the difficult trench scenes have been reproduced with distinctness and clearness of detail.
April 8, 2021
Globe Staff
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
It enormously earns its reverence and celebrated place among war films and epics. Make no mistake. This film’s resonance has not diminished with time or changing movie tastes.
June 26, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Don Shanahan
Every Movie Has a Lesson
I went to see the film with the idea at the back of my mind that Hollywood would “murder” Remarque’s powerful indictment of war. My fears were groundless, for Lewis Milestone’s treatment of the story could not be improved upon.
February 19, 2022
Reg Whitley
Daily Mirror (UK)
If ever there was a play aimed to bring about permanent peace, this Universal picture, directed by Lewis Milestone and produced by Junior Laemmle, is it.
June 10, 2021
Eleanor Barnes
Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
Its presentation of bombardments and actual fighting is without doubt the finest and most convincing thing of its kind that the screen has yet offered to the public. Another feature is the magnificent acting of all those who are concerned in the picture.
April 8, 2021
NZ Herald Staff
New Zealand Herald
In a perfect world… this would be the war movie to end all war movies, so definite and forceful is it in its anti-war stance, while also exhibiting such grace as to place it among the best cinema has to offer in any genre.
April 8, 2021
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
A thoroughly effective cast enacts the events. There are many war scenes in All Quiet and tragedy presented directly and without sentimentality, but there Is levity and romance.
April 8, 2021
Charlotte Observer Staff
Charlotte Observer…
Plot
This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about “the enemy” and the “rights and wrongs” of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features an unforgettable performance from Lew Ayres.
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Pandoras Box
Pandora’s Box (1929)
91%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Marked by GW Pabst’s innovative, atmospheric direction and a surprisingly modern storyline, Pandora’s Box ultimately owes its power to Louise Brooks’ monumental, iconic performance.
Pandora’s Box is a classic film that has stood the test of time. It’s got everything you could want in a movie: drama, romance, and even a little bit of murder. Louise Brooks is captivating as Lulu, and her performance is truly hypnotic. The film’s black and white cinematography only adds to its allure, making it feel both timeless and modern. It’s no wonder that this film is still being talked about today, decades after its release. If you haven’t seen Pandora’s Box yet, you’re missing out on a true cinematic gem.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Nero-Film Studio, Berlin, Germany
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
1930
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Silent
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):None, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 1929 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2014
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Pandora’s Box, Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Alice Roberts, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Heinz Landsmann, Ladislaus Vajda, Drama, $44.8K, 1929, MPAA rating, reviewed by Audra Schroeder, Tom Dawson, Wally Hammond, Tara Brady, Kevin Maher, Deborah Ross, CJ Sheu, Daniel Barnes, Jennie Kermode, Cole Smithey, Louise Brooks’ performance, German silent film, Lulu, Dr Ludwig Schön, Alwa Schön, Schigolch, Gräfin Geschwitz, Charlotte Marie Adelaide v Zarnikow, Marked by GW Pabst’s innovative, atmospheric direction, surprisingly modern storyline, tragedy, downward spiral, siren charms, newspaper publisher, musical producer, circus performer, seedy old friend, respectable, Pandora’s Box ultimately owes its power to Louise Brooks’ monumental, iconic performance
Worldwide gross: $62,686
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,387,683
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,514
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 151,329
US/Canada gross: $53,485
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,184,000
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,152
US/Canada opening weekend: $9,950
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $220,264
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,632
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Fritz Kortner – Dr. Ludwig Schön
Francis Lederer – Alwa Schön
Carl Goetz – Schigolch
Alice Roberts – Gräfin Geschwitz
Daisy D’Ora – Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow
Director(s)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer(s)
Ladislaus Vajda
Producer(s)
Heinz Landsmann
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (41) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (3)
The way the camera lingers on Brooks is voyeuristic; she, in turn, is oblivious to the fact we’re there – the scene where she swings on the arm of muscle-head producer Rodrigo Quast is a classic example.
June 16, 2020
Audra Schroeder
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Pandora’s Box is a richly atmospheric work, and Pabst is equally at home in Berlin high society or in London’s impoverished East End, where Lulu encounters Jack the Ripper.
June 16, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Tom Dawson
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
GW Pabst’s extraordinary, erotic and tragic adaptation/conflation of two Wedekind plays, ‘Pandora’s Box’, owes to the electrifying, photogenic and iconic presence of Louise Brooks
June 16, 2020
Wally Hammond
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
There is something hypnotically unbridled about Brooks’s performance.
June 8, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
It’s lightning in a bottle – remarkable, and endlessly fascinating.
June 1, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
With Pandora’s Box you forget that it’s black and white. You forget that the internet has yet to happen… You forget that more than two hours have gone by. You forget because it’s completely modern… 100 per cent gripping and involving.
May 31, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
Brooks’s energy, enhanced by the expressionist vision of G. W. Pabst, even energizes scenes from which she’s absent[.]
July 1, 2020
CJ Sheu
Review Film Review
The film is laid out in a strange, semi-successful eight-act structure (just like von Trier’s Nymphomaniac), and right from the start, Pabst lets us know this will not be a strident tale of a good girl who falls from grace.
February 5, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
Full of striking imagery which, once seen, will stay with you forever, this is a highly accomplished piece of work which brings together some of the greatest talents of the era.
June 1, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
[VIDEO ESSAY] [“Pandora’s Box”] can be construed as the first international LGBT film ever.
November 4, 2014 | Rating: A+
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
The movie’s horrifying and beautiful conclusion becomes more poignant and powerful with each passing year.
February 27, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
TV Guide Staff
TV Guide
There is so much of modern movie life here that the picture, like Brooks’ beauty, defies the ravages of time.
February 27, 2013
Richard Luck
Film4…
Plot
In Pandora’s Box, the beautiful and alluring Lulu draws in multiple men, including a newspaper publisher and a circus performer, leading to tragedy for them all.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Louise Brooks’ performance in Pandora’s Box is described as “monumental” and “iconic.”
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
89%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
The Passion of Joan of Arc is must-see cinema for Renée Maria Falconetti’s incredible performance alone — and an all-time classic for innumerable other reasons
The Passion of Joan of Arc is a film that will make you feel like you’re watching a masterpiece unfold before your very eyes. The cinematography is stunning, and the acting is so powerful that you’ll be left in awe. Sure, there’s not much dialogue, but who needs it when you have Mlle. Falconetti’s face telling the story? It’s a must-watch for anyone who loves cinema and wants to experience something truly unique. Plus, you’ll get to see Joan of Arc get burned at the stake, and who doesn’t love a good burning at the stake scene?
Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Natant Stanley Kubrick Productions,
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Video Yesteryear, Janus Films, LS Video
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
Year of Release
1928
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Silent
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 1
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Runtime:1h 17m
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Language(s):None, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 21, 1928 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 9, 1999
Genre(s)
Biography
Keyword(s)
starring Renee Falconetti, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, written by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph Delteil, biography, silent film, classic, Joan of Arc, trial, execution, church court officials, martyrdom, low camera angles, unique editing, tight shots, intense emotion, rejected material, lighting, unapologetic acting, black and white, graphic quality, simple and intense performances, must-see cinema, all-time classic, Renée Maria Falconetti’s incredible performance, critics consensus, box office gross, $6.4K, Criterion Collection, Video Yesteryear, Janus Films, LS Video, 35mm, Eugene Silvain, Jean d’Yd, André Berley, Maurice Schultz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
Worldwide gross: $21,877
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $471,771
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,750
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 51,447
US/Canada gross: $21,877
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $471,771
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,339
US/Canada opening weekend: $6,408
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $138,187
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,817
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Eugene Silvain – Évêque Pierre Cauchon (as Eugène Silvain)
André Berley – Jean d’Estivet
Maurice Schultz – Nicolas Loyseleur
Antonin Artaud – Jean Massieu
Michel Simon – Jean Lemaître
Director(s)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer(s)
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph Delteil
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (59) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (1)
The composition of the pictures is extremely beautiful, and the deliberation of the movement allows time for their beauty, and the poignancy of Mlle. Falconetti’s acting, to produce a cumulative effect.
July 9, 2020
Times (UK) Staff
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
This is neither a hopeful nor a hopeless film, but one of feeling so colossal and resplendent, it can’t be constrained by prison or consumed by fire.
November 22, 2017
Jaime N. Christley
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
In the hands of the great Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer it becomes a potent saga of battered faith, vicious bullying and personal torment.
February 27, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Thomas H Green
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Here is a deadly tiresome picture that merely makes an attempt to narrate without sound or dialog an allegedly written recorded trial in the 15th or 16th century of Joan of Arc for witchery, leading to her condemnation and burning at the stake.
May 26, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Dreyer’s radical approach to constructing space and the slow intensity of his mobile style make this “difficult” in the sense that, like all the greatest films, it reinvents the world from the ground up.
February 9, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
One of the most inspired and inspiring films ever made.
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 5/5
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The film makes for an intimately unsettling watch, as Dreyer’s style of shooting (harsh angles to go along with all those up-close-and-personal visages) traps the viewer as much as the players.
August 31, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
I was really impressed by the camerawork in the film.
March 29, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
With Einhorn’s accompaniment, these pieces lift and spin heavenward on the voices of the choir. I’ve never seen or felt anything quite like it.
January 6, 2021
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Director Carl Dreyer establishes himself as a master of the camera, and uncovers a directorial treatment that is entirely original and unique.
July 24, 2020
Film Daily Staff
The Film Daily
The showing of close-ups is used as a means of unfolding the tale, which depicts the last six hours of Joan’s life, her trial and death. The lack of story and essential support leaves most of the work to Mlle. Falconetti, and she handles it admirably.
June 8, 2020
Star Staff
Washington Star
The Passion of Joan of Arc is nothing without that face. Falconetti’s features are both youthful and weathered; her expressions are tortured but joyous. It’s a spectacular performance.
May 28, 2020
Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review…
Plot
Giovanna is taken to the Inquisition court. . After the accusation of blasphemy continues to pray in ecstasy . A friar thinks that Giovanna is a saint, but is taken away by the soldiers. Giovanna sees a cross in the shadow and feels comforted. She is not considered a daughter of God but a daughter of the devil and is sentenced to torture. Giovanna D ‘Arco says that even if she dies she will not deny anything. The eyes are twisted by terror in front of the torture wheel and faint. Giovanna is taken to a bed where they are bleeding. Giovanna feels that she is about to die and asks to be buried in a consecrated area. Giovanna burns at the stake while devoted ladies cry.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Renee Maria Falconetti’s performance in The Passion of Joan of Arc is considered incredible and one of the all-time classics.
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Sunrise A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
89%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
Boasting masterful cinematography to match its well-acted, wonderfully romantic storyline, Sunrise is perhaps the final — and arguably definitive — statement of the silent era
Sunrise is like the Beyoncé of silent films – it’s got everything you could want and more. The stunning photography and tragic story will leave you feeling overwhelmed in the best way possible. Plus, the fact that it’s not overly reliant on intertitles just proves that Murnau knew how to let his actors shine. It’s no wonder this film is considered one of the greatest of all time.
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Distributor
Fox, Critics’ Choice Video
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
Year of Release
1927
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 1927 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2004
Genre(s)
Drama/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, directed by F.W Murnau, written by Hermann Sudermann, Carl Mayer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H Caldwell, drama, romance, silent film, award-winning, masterful cinematography, well-acted, romantic storyline, tragic, tense, temptation, simple, stripped down, emotional, visual treat, timeless, tight storytelling, suspenseful, charming cinematography, superimposed images, revolutionary, striking, technical achievement, beautiful story, honest, poignant, true love story, slow-paced, romance, humor, tragedy, beauty, timeless, greatest films ever made
Worldwide gross: $121,107
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,581,943
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,346
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 281,564
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Janet Gaynor – The Wife (Indre)
Margaret Livingston – The Woman from the City
Bodil Rosing – The Maid
J. Farrell MacDonald – The Photographer
Ralph Sipperly – The Barber
Director(s)
F.W. Murnau
Writer(s)
Hermann Sudermann, Carl Mayer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell
Producer(s)
William Fox
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (63) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (1)
Any one who prefers an intelligent and stimulating film to the usual trash is urged to go and see it for himself.
September 4, 2020
Wilella Waldorf
New York Post
TOP CRITIC
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.
February 6, 2020
SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
The film is electric: overwhelmingly passionate and sexual.
December 20, 2017
Antonia Quirke
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Rich, strange and gorgeous, F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise shows what an artist of the late silent era could accomplish cinematically, backed by an open checkbook and fueled by the highest aspirations even in the simplest of morality tales.
February 25, 2014 | Rating: 4/4
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
In his first American film, Sunrise… the German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau creates some of the greatest images in the history of the cinema.
February 25, 2014
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
F.W. Murnau’s career-peak nova, the crowning film from that sacred, edge-of-the-abyss year of 1927.
March 31, 2010
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
Innovative through technology and development which will, without a doubt, be echoed in films yet to come. [Full review in Spanish]
July 1, 2022
Francisco J. Ariza
Cine-Mundial
The visual poetry it expended on an admittedly simple, cornball story (country bumpkin seduced by city vamp, pursued and redeemed by his pure-hearted wife) remains fairly dazzling.
January 8, 2022
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
I like that the film wasn’t overly reliant on intertitles. Murnau let his actors tell the story. The actors are masters of silent film acting which at times is a little cheesy but works within the medium.
April 1, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
One of the most moving and technically sound films ever produced.
August 5, 2020
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
This partly expressionistic masterwork is often considered one of the greatest of all silent films.
July 30, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Not since the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and the Last Laugh, those two European products of cinema art, has the screen offered anything that is even remotely comparable to Sunrise, from any or all angles.
February 6, 2020
Star Staff
Washington Star…
Plot
In this fable-morality subtitled “A Song of Two Humans”, the “evil” temptress is a city woman who bewitches farmer Anses and tries to convince him to murder his neglected wife, Indre.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Ralph Sipperly, who played the Barber in Sunrise, was actually a real-life barber and was chosen for the role because of his profession.
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