Title: People On Sunday: A Small Film, A Lost Epoch
Product review: The Criterion Collection's DVD of PEOPLE ON SUNDAY is an extraordinary survival from pre-WW2 Germany, and the first public success of several brilliant filmmakers. Shot on a shoestring budget with nonprofessional actors, it's a simple story of four young people who chance to spend a leisurely Sunday together in 1929 Berlin. But it's also a collaboration between world-class talents---screenwriter/director Billy Wilder, future cinematographer Fred Zinnemann, film-noir creator Edgar G. Ulmer, and brothers Kurt and Robert Siodmak. All of them would be forced to flee Germany after Hitler's rise to power---and all would find sanctuary and (to varying degrees)success in Hollywood. Their work shines brilliantly on this digital restoration, created with the help of The Netherlands' EYE film Institute. Along with the film itself are included a great special-features package and a well-written booklet. Highly recommended.
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