 "People on Sunday" is notable for its portrayal of daily life in Berlin before Adolf Hitler became chancellor and as an early work by writer/director Billy Wilder before he moved to the United States to escape from Hitler's Germany.The film is the directorial debut of the Siodmak Brothers.The film was co-produced by Moriz Seeler, founder of the Filmstudio 1929 production company and Seymour Nebenzal, cousin to the Siodmaks, whose father Heinrich put up the money.