Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy Sunday

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 21, 1999

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.

Gloomy Sunday

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 21, 1999

Gloomy Sunday
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, Dom Film GmbH
Original title Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday
Directors Rolf Schübel
Writers Ruth Toma, Nick Barkow, Rolf Schübel

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

Ferenc Bács

as Botschafter

Júlia Zsolnai

as Frau Botschafter

Áron Sipos

as Arzt (as Aron Sipos)

Ernst Kahl

as Zeichner Torresz

Jörg Gillner

as Chefkoch Istvan

Denis Moschitto

as Lehrling Inas

István Mikó

as Kartoffelhändler

Michael Gampe

as Direktor Novak

Karl Fischer

as Herr Svoboda

Markus Hering

as Herr Schwitz

Werner Brehm

as Postbote

Wanja Mues

as Herr Mendel

Dorka Gryllus

as Fräulein Mendel

Tibor Kenderesi

as Professor Tajtelbaum

Anna Ráckevei

as Tajtelbaums Nichte

István Kanizsay

as Journalist im Café

Veit Stübner

as Weinlieferant

Sebastian Koch

as Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum

Ulrike Grote

as Frau Häberle

László I. Kish

as Standartenführer Schnefke

Ferenc Némethy

as Alter Jude in Wiecks Büro

Stefan Weinert

as SS-Offizier

Zsuzsa Mányai

as Lászlós Nachbarin