People on Sunday

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People on Sunday is a 1930 German semi-documentary silent film that portrays the leisurely weekend activities of ordinary Berliners and is notable for its innovative realism and for involving several filmmakers who later became prominent in Hollywood.

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instanceOf German film
film
semi-documentary film
silent film
castMember Annie Schreyer
Brigitte Borchert
Christl Ehlers
Erwin Splettstößer
Wolfgang von Waltershausen
cinematography Eugen Schüfftan
countryOfOrigin Germany
depicts ordinary Berliners
weekend leisure activities
director Edgar G. Ulmer
Robert Siodmak
distributor Filmstudio 1929
editedBy Robert Siodmak
features non-professional performers
on-location shooting
filmingLocation Berlin
Wannsee
followedBy People on Sunday (1931 sound re-edit)
linked to: People on Sunday
genre drama film
semi-documentary
silent film
hasInfluenced Italian neorealism
linked to: Italian Neorealism

documentary-style narrative cinema
hasType black-and-white film
independent film
musicBy Allan Gray
notableFor influence on neorealism
innovative realism
use of non-professional actors
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Menschen am Sonntag
partOf Weimar cinema
linked to: Weimar culture
producer Moriz Seeler NERFINISHED
Seymour Nebenzal
publicationDate 1930
releaseFormat silent
runningTime approximately 73 minutes
screenplayBy Billy Wilder
Curt Siodmak
setInLocation Berlin
setInPeriod Weimar Republic
title People on Sunday
writer Billy Wilder
Curt Siodmak

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Robert Siodmak notableWork People on Sunday
Robert Siodmak directed People on Sunday
Eugen Schüfftan notableWork People on Sunday
Eugen Schüfftan workedOn People on Sunday
People on Sunday title People on Sunday
People on Sunday followedBy People on Sunday (1931 sound re-edit)
linked to: People on Sunday