Arthouse Cinema: People on Sunday

Germany, 1930, 73 min. Director: Robert Siodmak

Menschen am Sonntag also known as People on Sunday (Robert Siodmak, 1929) captures the fleeting moments of everyday life in pre-war Berlin on one Saturday afternoon (continued by a series of affairs and errands on the following Sunday), offering a snapshot of social dynamics and individual dreams on the brink of major historical upheaval. There is nothing major happening; the characters meet, make a trip, take walks, sleep. The city and the protagonists ultimately become interchangeable.