People on Sunday [blu-ray] : a film without actors / Janus Films ; Filmstudio 1929 zeigt seinen ersten Versuch ; Leitung, Moriz Seeler ; Manuskript, Billie Wilder nach einer Reportage von Kurt Siodmak ; Regie, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer.
Format:
[blu-ray] :
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc (73 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Annie Schreyer, Brigitte Borchert, Christl Ehlers, Erwin Splettstosser, Wolfgang Von Waltershausen. "New high-definition digital restoration, created in collaboration with the EYE Film Institute Netherlands." Originally released as a motion picture in 1930. Bonus features: two scores: a silent-era-style one by the Mont Alto Orchestra and a modern one by Elena Kats-Chernin, performed by the Czech Film Orchestra; "Weekend am Wansee," Gerald Koll's 2000 documentary about the film, featuring interviews with star Brigitte Borchert and Curt Siodmak; "Ins Blaue hinein," a thirty-six minute short from 1931 by People on Sunday cinematographer Eugen Schüffftan.
Contents:
Opening credits -- Erwin, Brigitte, Wolfgang, Christl, Annie -- Berlin. One Saturday -- Faces on the wall -- Sunday -- 10:00 a.m., Nikolassee -- Picnic lunch -- Good, clean fun -- "Smile, please!" -- The hat in the tree and other games -- The broken record -- Boat ride -- "Can anyone lend me a mark?" -- Plans for next Sunday -- Back to work -- Color bars.
Summary:
Erwin drives taxi #1A 10088. Brigitte is a salesperson in a music store. Wolfgang has been many things, but is now a traveling wine salesman. Christl is a film extra. Annie is a fashion model. Berlin. One Satuday. One Sunday. On their day off in Weimar-era Berlin, four of these five spend the day by the Nikolassee lakeside. Amidst flirtation, they play records, swim, picnic and walk in the forest, enjoying a respite from city life, and the everyday grind that they cannot escape. In a manner prefiguring the Italian Neorealists, these non-actors play versions of themselves in loosely outlined scenarios. The sense of what an ordinary day might have been like in this particular place and time is enchantingly captured in this bit of cinematic amber.
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