Gloomy Sunday
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1999-10-21
Runtime: 112 mins
Director: Rolf Schübel
Spoken language: Magyar, Deutsch, English
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: Gloomy Sunday
Production Companies: Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, Dom Film
Production Countries: Germany, Hungary
Cast
Erika Marozsán
Joachim Król
Ben Becker
Stefano Dionisi
András Bálint
Géza Boros
Rolf Becker
Ilse Zielstorff
Ferenc Bács
Júlia Zsolnai
Áron Sipos
Ernst Kahl
Jörg Gillner
Denis Moschitto
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