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Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy Sunday

19997.71h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by Rolf Schübel
Written by Nick Barkow, Ruth Toma, Rolf Schübel
Produced by Richard Schöps
Box Office0Revenue: $586K

Top Cast

Marozsán Erika

Marozsán Erika

Ilona

Joachim Król

Joachim Król

László

Ben Becker

Ben Becker

Hans Wieck

Stefano Dionisi

Stefano Dionisi

András

András Bálint

András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn

G

Géza Boros

Geigenspieler

Rolf Becker

Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff

Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

Ferenc Bács

Ferenc Bács

Botschafter

J

Júlia Zsolnai

Frau Botschafter

Themes & Keywords

lovesicknessjealousybudapest, hungarynazibirthdayblackmailholocaust (shoah)deportationjew persecutionhungarymenage a troissexual harassmentantisemitism

About Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy Sunday is a drama, romance film released in 1999 exploring themes of lovesickness, jealousy, budapest, hungary, nazi, birthday, blackmail. Directed by Rolf Schübel, it stars Marozsán Erika, Joachim Król, Ben Becker. 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.

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