People on Sunday

Synopsis

A completely normal summer day in Berlin in 1929: life pulsates, the city vibrates full of energy, there is action all around. As though it were coincidence, the viewer gains insight into the lives of different residents of the metropole, and follows them through their everyday activities, their work, their free time.

Directors' Biography

Born in 1900 in Dresden and died in 1973 in Locarno. He studied in Marburg and worked as an actor, film translator and editor. In 1940, he went to the United States and made a name for himself with his psychologically accentuated crime story films.