People on Sunday = Menschen am Sonntag : ein Film ohne Schauspieler = People on Sunday : a film without actors
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Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2011].
Language
ger
UPC
715515083010, 715515082914

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a German motion picture in 1930.
General Note
DVD release date: Jun. 28, 2011.
General Note
Special features: Weekend am Wannsee = Weekend in Wannsee, a 31 min. documentary on Menschen am Sonntag, directed by Gerald Koll; Ins Blaue hinein = Into the blue, a 36 min. short film by cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan.
Creation/Production Credits
Camera, Eugen Schüfftan ; score compiled and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra ; score composed by Elena Kats-Chernin, performed by the Czech Film Orchestra under the direction of Frank Strobel.
Participants/Performers
Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen, Christl Ehlers, Annie Schreyer.
Description
Non-actors play versions of themselves in loosely outlined scenarios. The sense of what an ordinary day might have been like in Weimar-era Germany is enchantingly captured in this bit of cinematic amber.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; full screen presentation, preserving the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
Language
Silent film with German intertitles, optional subtitles in English, and optional musical soundtracks by Elena Kats-Chernin or the Mont Alto Orchestra.

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