Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod
112 min
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.
- Release date
- October 21, 1999
- Country of origin
- Hungary, Germany
- Box office
- $585,604
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Erika Marozsán as Ilona
- Joachim Król as László
- Ben Becker as Hans Wieck
- Stefano Dionisi as András
- András Bálint as Ilonas Sohn
- Géza Boros as Geigenspieler
- Rolf Becker as Der alte Wieck
- Ilse Zielstorff as Frau Wieck
- Áron Sipos as Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
- Ernst Kahl as Zeichner Torresz
- Denis Moschitto as Lehrling Inas
- István Mikó as Kartoffelhändler
- Karl Fischer as Herr Svoboda
- Markus Hering as Herr Schwitz
- Wanja Mues as Herr Mendel
- Dorka Gryllus as Fräulein Mendel
- Tibor Kenderesi as Professor Tajtelbaum
- Anna Ráckevei as Tajtelbaums Nichte
- Veit Stübner as Weinlieferant
- Márta Bakó as Kerzenverkäuferin
- Sebastian Koch as Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum
- Ulrike Grote as Frau Häberle
- László I. Kish as Standartenführer Schnefke
- Ferenc Némethy as Alter Jude in Wiecks Büro
- Péter Schmidt as Pianist
- Ferenc Bács as Botschafter
Crew
- Rolf Schübel · Director
- Ruth Toma · Writer
- Rolf Schübel · Writer
- Nick Barkow · Writer
- Richard Schöps · Producer
- Detlef Petersen · Composer
- Rezsö Seress · Composer
- Edward Kłosiński · Cinematographer
- Ursula Höf · Editor
- Tina Böckenhauer · Casting director
- Volker Schäfer · Production designer
- Csaba Stork · Production designer