Directed by:
Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauCinematography:
Ernest PalmerCast:
Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke, Anne Shirley, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Tom McGuire, Richard Alexander, Ed Brady, Roscoe Ates (more)Plots(1)
After the visual fireworks of Sunrise and the now-lost splendour of 4 Devils, F. W. Murnau turned his attention to this vivid, painterly study of an impulsive and fragile marriage among the wheatfields of Minnesota. During a brief stay in Chicago, innocent farmer's son Lem falls for and weds Kate, a hard-bitten but lonely waitress. Upon bringing her home at the start of harvest time, the honeymoon soon turns into a claustrophobic struggle as they contend with the bitter scorn of his father and the invasive, leering jealousy of the farm's labouring community. Tenderly romantic and tough-minded in equal measure, City Girl is one of cinema's great pastorals, featuring some of the most delicate performances Murnau ever filmed and influencing directors such as Terrence Malick and Jean Vigo. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Charles Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/873/164873049_338f6a.jpg)
Charles Farrell
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
College Days (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
![Mary Duncan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532027_23fd7e.jpg)
Mary Duncan
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
4 Devils (1928)
Morning Glory (1933)
![David Torrence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000171_a3f7ba.gif)
David Torrence
UK
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Captain Blood (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Edith Yorke
UK
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Souls for Sale (1923)
![Anne Shirley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437892_b00bce.jpg)
Anne Shirley
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
4 Devils (1928)
Stella Dallas (1937)
![Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/704/161704540_b8ea20.jpg)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
City Girl (1930)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
Tom McGuire
UK
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
City Girl (1930)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
![Ed Brady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478466_1e24b1.jpg)
Ed Brady
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
City Girl (1930)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Roscoe Ates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496795_22a4ae.jpg)
Roscoe Ates
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
City Girl (1930)
Freaks (1932)
Werner Klingler
German Empire
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
![Jack Pennick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/929/159929178_5a25b1.jpg)
Jack Pennick
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Stagecoach (1939)
![Eddie Boland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/905/160905045_1d3076.jpg)
Eddie Boland
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
The Kid Brother (1927)
City Girl (1930)
Ivan Linow
Russian Empire
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
The Black Room (1935)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
![Marjorie Beebe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/447/160447762_2804ed.jpg)
Marjorie Beebe
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Arnold Lucy
UK
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
City Girl (1930)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Mark Hamilton
USA
Michael Mark
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Casablanca (1942)
City Girl (1930)
![Charles Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/208/160208646_292f65.gif)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)