Gloomy Sunday (1999)

  • NR
  • 10/21/1999 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 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.

Rolf Schübel

Director, Screenplay

Ruth Toma

Screenplay

Cast

Erika Marozsán's headshot

Erika Marozsán

Ilona
Joachim Król's headshot

Joachim Król

László
Ben Becker's headshot

Ben Becker

Hans Wieck
Stefano Dionisi's headshot

Stefano Dionisi

András
András Bálint's headshot

András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn
Géza Boros's headshot

Géza Boros

Geigenspieler
Rolf Becker's headshot

Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff's headshot

Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

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