Menschen am Sonntag (1930)

Note Générale:

8,0/10   

Réalisateurs:

Curt Siodmak
Robert Siodmak
(suite)

Scénaristes:

Curt Siodmak (writer)
Robert Siodmak (source material)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

4 février 1930 (Allemagne)

Genre:

Documentaire | Drame | Romance

Intrigue:

Edwin, a taxi driver, lives with Annie, a neurasthenic model. They plan to spend Sunday at the Nikolassee beach with Wolfgang...

Plot Keywords:

Semi Documentary | Berlin Germany

Avis des utilisateurs:

Die Glückliche Jahre

Ensemble

Erwin Splettstößer	...	Himself (taxi driver)
Brigitte Borchert	...	Herself (record seller)
Wolfgang von Waltershausen	...	Himself (wine seller)
Christl Ehlers	...	Herself (an extra in films)
Annie Schreyer	...	Herself (model)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Kurt Gerron	...	Himself
Valeska Gert	...	Herself
Heinrich Gretler	...	Himself
Ernö Verebes	...	Himself

Réalisé par
Curt Siodmak		(as Kurt Siodmak)
Robert Siodmak
Edgar G. Ulmer
Fred Zinnemann

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Curt Siodmak		writer
Robert Siodmak		source material
Billy Wilder		writer

Produit par
Edgar G. Ulmer	....	producer

Musique originale
Otto Stenzeel

Image
Eugen Schüfftan

Caméra et Département Electrique
Ernst Kunstmann	....	assistant camera
Moritz Seeler	....	lighting technician
Fred Zinnemann	....	cinematography assistance

Companies de production

• Filmstudio Berlin

Distributeurs

• Filmmuseum Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
• BFI Video (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Strengholt Licensing (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

People on Sunday

Durée:

74 min

Pays:

Allemagne

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,20 : 1

Son:

Silent

Lieux de tournage:

Berlin, Germany

Société:

Filmstudio Berlin

Anecdotes:

The film was a major hit when it was released in Germany in 1930. Five of the people who worked on the film who went on to direct films in Hollywood: Curt Siodmak, his brother Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann and Billy Wilder.

Connexions:

Référencé sur Sunny Side Up (1994)

Die Glückliche Jahre

In France ,Marcel Carné released his first film ,a short ,at about the same time:it was called "Nogent ou l'Eldorado du Dimanche" and it depicted the Parisians' life ,leaving the city for the banks of the Marne river ,spending a wonderful sunny day,then waiting for the next Sunday...

Carné's work was only a short (15 min) whereas Siodmak/Ulmer's film is about one hour and a quarter long.But the subject is the same.The main difference lies in the fact that,being much longer,the script writers could introduce characters .As an user has already pointed out,its games of love and jealousy in the sun ,the picnic and the pedal boat predate Jean Renoir's "Une Partie de Campagne" by six years.But Maupassant's short story was then and "Menschen am Sonntag" is now.Its documentary side is absorbing and should appeal to historians.

With "Menschen" ,a great director,too often forgotten or overlooked,Siodmak was born.Almost everything the man directed -not only the mind-boggling film noirs of the forties but the French ones ("Mister Flow" "Mollenard" "Pièges" ) and the German ones (this one,"Stürme der Leidenschaft" "Brennendes Geheimnis") as well- demands to be watched.