 "Sunrise" has been regarded by critics and film directors as among the best films ever made.Murnau travelled to Bora Bora to make the film "" (1931) with documentary film pioneer Robert J. Flaherty, who left after artistic disputes with Murnau, who had to finish the movie on his own.A week prior to the opening of the film "Tabu", Murnau died in a Santa Barbara hospital from injuries he had sustained in an automobile accident that occurred along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, southeast of Santa Barbara.