Gloomy Sunday
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$585604
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1999-10-21
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
63
Vote Average
7.8
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
Ferenc Bács
Botschafter
Júlia Zsolnai
Frau Botschafter
Áron Sipos
Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
Ernst Kahl
Zeichner Torresz
Jörg Gillner
Chefkoch Istvan
Denis Moschitto
Lehrling Inas
István Mikó
Kartoffelhändler
Michael Gampe
Direktor Novak
Karl Fischer
Herr Svoboda
Markus Hering
Herr Schwitz
Werner Brehm
Postbote
Wanja Mues
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Dorka Gryllus
Fräulein Mendel
Tibor Kenderesi
Professor Tajtelbaum
Anna Ráckevei
Tajtelbaums Nichte
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Veit Stübner
Weinlieferant
Márta Bakó
Kerzenverkäuferin
Sebastian Koch
Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum
Ulrike Grote
Frau Häberle
László I. Kish
Standartenführer Schnefke
Ferenc Némethy
Alter Jude in Wiecks Büro
Stefan Weinert
SS-Offizier
Zsuzsa Mányai
Lászlós Nachbarin
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