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Feature film — 1999

Gloomy Sunday (1999)

7.71h 52mDrama — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 74 votes.

Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion / Dom Film

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Director: Rolf Schübel

On screen

Cast & crew

Marozsán Erika as Ilona

Marozsán Erika

Ilona

Joachim Król as László

Joachim Król

László

Ben Becker as Hans Wieck

Ben Becker

Hans Wieck

Stefano Dionisi as András

Stefano Dionisi

András

András Bálint as Ilonas Sohn

András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn

G

Géza Boros

Geigenspieler

Rolf Becker as Der alte Wieck

Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff as Frau Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

Ferenc Bács as Botschafter

Ferenc Bács

Botschafter

J

Júlia Zsolnai

Frau Botschafter

Á

Áron Sipos

Arzt (as Aron Sipos)

E

Ernst Kahl

Zeichner Torresz

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