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Gloomy Sunday
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Title: Gloomy Sunday

Release Date: 21 Oct 1999

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, Dom Film

Production Companies: Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, Dom Film

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (58 votes)

Cast

  • Ilona: Erika Marozsán
  • László: Joachim Król
  • Hans Wieck: Ben Becker
  • András: Stefano Dionisi
  • Ilonas Sohn: András Bálint
  • Geigenspieler: Géza Boros
  • Der alte Wieck: Rolf Becker
  • Frau Wieck: Ilse Zielstorff
  • Botschafter: Ferenc Bács
  • Frau Botschafter: Júlia Zsolnai
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