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People on Sunday

Menschen am Sonntag

1930·74 min·DE
Director: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer
Drama

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

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People on Sunday
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People on Sunday — Criterion Collection

Criterion release with essay on this Weimar-era film by young filmmakers including Siodmak and Ulmer.

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People on Sunday: Young People Like Us — Criterion Collection Current

Essay on how this film undermined big studios through minimal means and non-professional casting.

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People on Sunday, the Carelessness of Young Men, and Making Movies — Medium

Analysis of the film's unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling in Weimar Berlin.

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Cast

Erwin Splettstößer

Erwin Splettstößer

Erwin, the taxi driver

Brigitte Borchert

Brigitte Borchert

Brigitte Borchert, the record shop sales assistant

Wolfgang von Waltershausen

Wolfgang von Waltershausen

Wolfgang, the wine shop sales assistant

Christl Ehlers

Christl Ehlers

Christl, the film extra

Annie Schreyer

Annie Schreyer

Annie, the model

Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron

Kurt

Valeska Gert

Valeska Gert

Valeska

Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich

Ernö Verebes

Ernö Verebes

Ernö

M

Moriz Seeler

Photo Subject at Beach

Crew

Eugen Schüfftan

cinematographer

Otto Stenzeel

composer

Billy Wilder

writer

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