Drama ·Romance · Germany · 1999 · 1h 52m

Gloomy Sunday

Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy Sunday poster
Director
Rolf Schübel
Cast
Marozsán Erika as Ilona Joachim Król as László Ben Becker as Hans Wieck Stefano Dionisi as András András Bálint as Ilonas Sohn Géza Boros as Geigenspieler
Crew
Edward Kłosiński — Director of Photography Ursula Höf — Editor Detlef Petersen — Original Music Composer Rezsö Seress — Original Music Composer Rolf Schübel — Screenplay Ruth Toma — Screenplay
Synopsis

Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.

Trailer Gloomy Sunday — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
lovesicknessjealousybudapest, hungarynazibirthdayblackmailholocaust (shoah)deportationjew persecutionhungarymenage a troissexual harassment
Key Collaborators
Rolf Schübel Director Edward Kłosiński Director of Photography Ursula Höf Editor Detlef Petersen Original Music Composer Rezsö Seress Original Music Composer Rolf Schübel Screenplay Ruth Toma Screenplay Richard Schöps Producer Volker Schäfer Production Design Csaba Stork Production Design Andrea Flesch Costume Design
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