PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (1930)
Composer: Minas I. Alexiadis
Live Performance: Minas I. Alexiadis (piano & synthesizer)
People on Sunday, directed by Curt and Robert Siodmak from a screenplay by Billy Wilder, is a brilliant hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, one of the earliest experiments in neo-realist filmmaking that would become a mainstream hit and influence generations of film artists around the world. The film follows the lives of a group of young Berliners on a summer's day during the interwar period. Two male friends, who have nothing to do on a Sunday in Berlin, pick up a two young women, and the two couples spend the day wandering the city streets before heading to a beach in Wannsee, for an idyllic afternoon by the lake. After a genial but determined attempt at seduction by the two men, the foursome returns to Berlin, with the depressing prospect of another working week looming before them. People on Sunday is most notable today for the behind-the-camera contributions of several young German filmmakers who would later win greater fame after expatriating to the US following the rise of the Third Reich – among them Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer.
The original music for People on Sunday is composed by Minas I. Alexiadis who will perform it live on piano and synthesizer.
*** People on Sunday will be prefaced by a new short film created by a team of young filmmakers from the International Motion Festival and directed by Demetra Englezou. The film will be corresponding to music by R. Strauss and performed live by Markos Kleovoulou (baritone) and Kyriakos Kyriakou (piano)
Composer: Minas I. Alexiadis
Live Performance: Minas I. Alexiadis (piano & synthesizer)
People on Sunday, directed by Curt and Robert Siodmak from a screenplay by Billy Wilder, is a brilliant hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, one of the earliest experiments in neo-realist filmmaking that would become a mainstream hit and influence generations of film artists around the world. The film follows the lives of a group of young Berliners on a summer's day during the interwar period. Two male friends, who have nothing to do on a Sunday in Berlin, pick up a two young women, and the two couples spend the day wandering the city streets before heading to a beach in Wannsee, for an idyllic afternoon by the lake. After a genial but determined attempt at seduction by the two men, the foursome returns to Berlin, with the depressing prospect of another working week looming before them. People on Sunday is most notable today for the behind-the-camera contributions of several young German filmmakers who would later win greater fame after expatriating to the US following the rise of the Third Reich – among them Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer.
The original music for People on Sunday is composed by Minas I. Alexiadis who will perform it live on piano and synthesizer.
*** People on Sunday will be prefaced by a new short film created by a team of young filmmakers from the International Motion Festival and directed by Demetra Englezou. The film will be corresponding to music by R. Strauss and performed live by Markos Kleovoulou (baritone) and Kyriakos Kyriakou (piano)
