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Coming to 4K UHD in 2027 from Flicker Alley Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 4K UHD complete 4K restoration of the iconic Movietone version that was released in America. The best surviving elements were ultimately identified at the British Film Institute National Archive, The Museum of Modern Art, and Cinémathèque royale de Belgique. Sources were scanned at 4K resolution and carefully compared to create the master edit. The combined sources were digitally restored by SFFP while the BFI restored the Movietone soundtrack. Two reels of a 1927 35mm nitrate print belonging to the George Eastman Museum—the only two reels from the original release that are known to survive—were used as reference to perfectly restore Murnau’s play of light, dark, and shadow. A second restoration is underway based on a unique print of a localized version of Sunrise released in Czechoslovakia. Based on the export negative, this 35mm print comprises alternate takes of every shot included in the American release, offering special insight into the film’s production. This restoration is being carried out in collaboration with Národní filmový archiv, Prague, the National Film Archive of the Czech Republic. A third restoration is underway based on another unique print—a 35mm nitrate print belonging to the Eye Filmmuseum and created from the silent versions of the domestic American negative, localized for exhibition in the Netherlands with Dutch titles. The American release of Sunrise included two versions: a silent version with a full-aperture 4:3 aspect ratio and a Movietone sound version with a 1.19:1 aspect ratio. The Movietone sound-on-film process required space for the optical soundtrack, giving the picture a nearly square format. While no copies of the original American silent version have survived, the prints from Národní filmový archiv, Prague and Eye Filmmuseum offer a window onto primary, uncropped shots as Murnau and cinematographer Charles Rosher originally framed them. #bluray #physicalmedia #silentfilm #movie #cinema #fwmurnau #cinema #Horror #Movie #Movies #HorrorCommunity #FilmCommunity #4KBluray #4KUltraHD #physicalmedia #FilmstaGram #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #bluraycollection #Horror #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #Film #Cinema #CinemaLovers #FilmTwitter #Cinephile #MovieBuff #NowWatching