People on Sunday = Menschen am Sonntag : ein Film ohne Schauspieler = People on Sunday : a film without actors
(DVD)
Contributors
Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973, director.
Ulmer, Edgar G. 1904-1972, director.
Seeler, Moriz, 1896-1942, producer.
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter.
Siodmak, Curt, 1902-2000 screenwriter.
Ulmer, Edgar G. 1904-1972, director.
Seeler, Moriz, 1896-1942, producer.
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter.
Siodmak, Curt, 1902-2000 screenwriter.
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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Subjects
LC Subjects
Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Documentary-style films.
Drama.
Experimental films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion pictures, German.
Video recordings.
Weekly rest-day -- Drama.
Young men -- Drama.
Young women -- Drama.
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Documentary-style films.
Drama.
Experimental films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion pictures, German.
Video recordings.
Weekly rest-day -- Drama.
Young men -- Drama.
Young women -- Drama.