People on Sunday

People on Sunday
German film poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starring
  • Erwin Splettstößer
  • Brigitte Borchert
  • Wolfgang von Waltershausen
  • Christl Ehlers
  • Annie Schreyer
CinematographyEugen Schüfftan
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek/Berlin (Germany)
  • BFI (DVD)
Release date
  • 4 February 1930 (1930-02-04)
[1]
Running time
73 minutes
CountryWeimar Republic
Languages

People on Sunday (German: Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1930 German silent drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer from a screenplay by Robert and Curt Siodmak. Curt was the younger brother of Robert Siodmak. The film follows a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day during the interwar period. Hailed as a work of genius, it is a pivotal film in the development of German cinema and Hollywood.[2] The film features the talents of Eugen Schüfftan (cinematography), Billy Wilder (story) and Fred Zinnemann (cinematography assistant).

  1. ^ "Wettbewerb/In Competition". Moving Pictures, Berlinale Extra. Berlin: 84. 22 February 1998.
  2. ^ Berlin film festival website Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine