Gloomy Sunday
1999•1h 52m•7.7•Released
DramaRomance
Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires 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 sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans falls in love with Ilona as well.
Director
Rolf Schübel
Writer
Rolf Schübel, Ruth Toma
Revenue
$1M
Languages
English, German, Hungarian
Studio
Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
Cast
Marozsán Erika
Ilona
Joachim Król
László
Ben Becker
Hans Wieck
Stefano Dionisi
András
András Bálint
Ilonas Sohn
Géza Boros
Geigenspieler
Rolf Becker
Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff
Frau Wieck
Ferenc Bács
Botschafter
Júlia Zsolnai
Frau Botschafter
Áron Sipos
Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
Ernst Kahl
Zeichner Torresz
Jörg Gillner
Chefkoch Istvan
Denis Moschitto
Lehrling Inas
István Mikó
Kartoffelhändler
Production
Company
Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
Company
Dom Film
Producer
Richard Schöps
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