lovesickness,jealousy,budapest, hungary,nazi,birthday,blackmail,holocaust (shoah),deportation,jew persecution,hungary,menage a trois,sexual harassment,anti-semitism

Gloomy Sunday (1999)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Rolf Schübel
  • Profile picture of Erika Marozsán
    Ilona Erika Marozsán
  • Profile picture of Joachim Król
    László Joachim Król
  • Profile picture of Ben Becker
    Hans Wieck Ben Becker
  • Profile picture of Stefano Dionisi
    András Stefano Dionisi
  • Profile picture of András Bálint
    Ilonas Sohn András Bálint
  • Profile picture of Rolf Becker
    Der alte Wieck Rolf Becker
  • Profile picture of Ilse Zielstorff
    Frau Wieck Ilse Zielstorff
  • Profile picture of Ferenc Bács
    Botschafter Ferenc Bács

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Keywords

  • lovesickness
  • jealousy
  • budapest, hungary
  • nazi
  • birthday
  • blackmail
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • deportation
  • jew persecution
  • hungary
  • menage a trois
  • sexual harassment
  • anti-semitism