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People on Sunday
(1930)
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The original nitrate negative of People on Sunday (1930) is presumed lost, and no complete copy of the film exists. The film was reconstructed in 1997 by Martin Koerber for the Eye Film Instituut Nederland, and their restoration version contains scenes missing from other surviving prints of the film.
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 The Criterion Collection
2011 Blu-ray Disc edition
People on Sunday (1930), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with Ins Blaue hinein (1931), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated, and Weekend am Wannsee (2000), color and black & white, ? minutes, not rated
The Criterion Collection, CC2023BD (collection number 569), UPC 7-15515-08291-4, ISBN 978-1-60465-436-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, LPCM 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound; German language intertitles, English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 28 June 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition features a new high-definition digital restoration, created in collaboration with the Filmmuseum Amsterdam. This edition features a new and improved English language subtitles translation.
The film is presented with two accompanying music scores — a small orchestra score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and a modern composition by Elena Kats-Chernin performed by the Czech Film Orchestra, presented in uncompressed stereo soundtracks.
The disc is supplemented by Weekend am Wannsee (2000), Gerald Koll’s documentary about People on Sunday, featuring an interview with star Brigitte Borchert, Ins Blaue Hinein (1931) a thirty-six-minute short by People on Sunday cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan, a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Noah Isenberg, and reprints by scriptwriter Billy Wilder and director Robert Siodmak.
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 The Criterion Collection
2011 DVD edition
People on Sunday (1930), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with Ins Blaue hinein (1931), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated, and Weekend am Wannsee (2000), color and black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, CC2023 (collection number 569),
UPC 7-15515-08291-4, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound; German language intertitles, English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 28 June 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition features a new high-definition digital restoration, created in collaboration with the Filmmuseum Amsterdam. This edition features a new and improved English language subtitles translation.
The film is presented with two accompanying music scores — a small orchestra score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and a modern composition by Elena Kats-Chernin performed by the Czech Film Orchestra, presented in uncompressed stereo soundtracks.
The disc is supplemented by Weekend am Wannsee (2000), Gerald Koll’s documentary about People on Sunday, featuring an interview with star Brigitte Borchert, Ins Blaue Hinein (1931) a thirty-six-minute short by People on Sunday cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan, a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Noah Isenberg, and reprints by scriptwriter Billy Wilder and director Robert Siodmak.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 BFI Video Publishing
2005 DVD edition
People on Sunday (1930), black & white, 73 minutes, BBFC Classification E, with This Year – London (1951), black & white, 25 minutes, BBFC Classification E.
BFI Video Publishing, BFIVD648, UPC 5-035673-006481.
One single-sided, dual-layered?, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English? language intertitles, no? foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £19.99.
Release date: 25 April 2005.
Country of origin: England
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This PAL DVD edition utilizes the 1997 Eye Film Instituut Nederland reconstruction version for its source materials, features a new music score by Elena Kats-Chernin, and includes a 12-page booklet of information about the film, with notes by film historian Philip Kemp.
The disc also includes This Year — London (1951), a British short film that documents the annual holiday outing of the employees of a Leicester-based shoe factory.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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