7.9 Score

1999 • 1h 52min • Not Rated • Drama, Romance

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 7.8

RT 84%

MC 60

Director

Rolf Schübel

Writers

Nick Barkow

Rolf Schübel

Ruth Toma

Composer

Detlef Petersen

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Erika Marozsán

Ilona

Joachim Król

László

Ben Becker

Hans Wieck

Stefano Dionisi

András

András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn

Géza Boros

Geigenspieler

Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

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Erika Marozsán Ilona

Joachim Król László

Ben Becker Hans Wieck

Stefano Dionisi András

András Bálint Ilonas Sohn

Géza Boros Geigenspieler

Rolf Becker Der alte Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff Frau Wieck

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Áron Sipos Arzt (as Aron Sipos)

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