Gloomy Sunday (1999)

7.7/10 112 min Drama Romance

Overview

Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires 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 sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans falls in love with Ilona as well.

Cast

Marozsán Erika

Ilona

Joachim Król

László

Ben Becker

Hans Wieck

Stefano Dionisi

András

András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn

Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

Ferenc Bács

Botschafter

Denis Moschitto

Lehrling Inas

István Mikó

Kartoffelhändler

Michael Gampe

Direktor Novak

Karl Fischer

Herr Svoboda

Markus Hering

Herr Schwitz

Wanja Mues

Herr Mendel

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