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Silent Film Concert “People on Sunday”
1. August 2015 @ 21:30 - 23:00
Saturday, August 1, 2015
9:30 PM
Open-Air Film Festival, Vienna
Info:
General:
Germany 1930
Duration: approx. 74 minutes
Directors: Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
Screenplay: Billy Wilder, Curt and Robert Siodmak
Production: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cinematography: Eugen Schüfftan, Fred Zinnemann
Content:
A semi-documentary collage of dramatic scenes and social reportage; through its visual realism and depiction of social reality, it is one of the outstanding works of German silent film avant-garde. The precise and authentic observations from the working-class milieu, emblematic of the societal developments of the late 1920s, have the character of a historical document. The film’s staging style, which derives its episodes from the ambiance of the original locations and the spontaneous self-representation of its amateur actors, influenced the poetic realism in 1930s France and helped shape the Italian neorealism movement. The members of the collective of filmmakers later emigrated to the USA.
Menschen am Sonntag was shot by young filmmakers in 1929 and 1930 in Berlin and its surroundings. The film premiered in Berlin in February 1930. It is one of the most important representatives of the “Neue Sachlichkeit” (New Objectivity) in film.
Musical Version:
New music for piano by Wilfried Kaets
About the Film:
Menschen am Sonntag was filmed by young filmmakers in 1929 and 1930 in Berlin and its surroundings. It premiered in Berlin in February 1930 and is regarded as one of the key works of the New Objectivity movement in film.