And this movie by Curt and the Academy Award nominated Robert Siodmak is too, at least to some extent. It is a fairly chilly watch as we witness how a couple young Germans spend their weekend at the lake and enjoy their free time. In the end, the weekend is over and people head back to work. But 4 million people are waiting for the next Sunday. The Siodmak brothers made this 75-minute film extremely early in their careers. As many other times with silent black-and-white films from Germany, the action takes place in/around Berlin. Unfortunately, it is not a compelling watch at all. It is basically just watching people chill out and have a good time at the weekend. Nothing really happens. It's not really boring, maybe at a longer runtime it would have been, but never ever an engaging watch either. Very slow-moving picture, even if the people in there are moving fairly quickly. Overall, not a great film, the people in there are also all playing themselves, so it's probably almost a documentary, no idea how much was scripted. And even if, especially at the end, the characters look like taken out of a Film Noir, this 85-year-old film is not an exciting watch at all. Not recommended.
Review of People on Sunday
