Pop Up Kino is a monthly film series celebrating German cinema from the East to the West and from the Weimar period to the Contemporary. Throughout the year a curated selection of films will be screened at MATCH and introduced by a special guest presenter.
Pop Up Kino presents the Weimar classic People on Sunday.
People on Sunday, 1930
Directed by Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by Billy Wilder
Years before they became major players in Hollywood, a group of young German filmmakers—including eventual noir masters Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer and future Oscar winners Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann—worked together on the once-in-a-lifetime collaboration
People on Sunday. This effervescent, sunlit silent, about a handful of city dwellers (a charming cast of non professionals) enjoying a weekend outing, offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin.
A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling,
People on Sunday was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world.
Free admission. Reserve a spot at:
matchouston.org/
Doors open at 6:30. Starts at 7.
The film will be introduced by University of Houston Professor Dr. Sandra Frieden.
This event is in partnership with the Goethe Institut and Kanopy as a part of the “Wunderbar – Celebrating German Film” project. Stream 48 German films for free thru November 9, 2019 at
kanopy.com/goethe
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