Gloomy Sunday
7.7(71) 1999-10-21 112 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorRolf Schübel
ScreenplayRuth Toma
ProducerRichard Schöps
ScreenplayRolf Schübel
Original Music ComposerRezsö Seress
Original Music ComposerDetlef Petersen
Cast & characters
Marozsán Erika
as Ilona
Joachim Król
as László
Ben Becker
as Hans Wieck
Stefano Dionisi
as András
András Bálint
as Ilonas Sohn
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Géza Boros
as Geigenspieler
Rolf Becker
as Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff
as Frau Wieck
Ferenc Bács
as Botschafter
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Júlia Zsolnai
as Frau Botschafter
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Áron Sipos
as Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
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Ernst Kahl
as Zeichner Torresz
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Jörg Gillner
as Chefkoch Istvan
Denis Moschitto
as Lehrling Inas
István Mikó
as Kartoffelhändler
Michael Gampe
as Direktor Novak
Karl Fischer
as Herr Svoboda
Markus Hering
as Herr Schwitz
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Werner Brehm
as Postbote
Wanja Mues
as Herr Mendel
Dorka Gryllus
as Fräulein Mendel
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Tibor Kenderesi
as Professor Tajtelbaum
Anna Ráckevei
as Tajtelbaums Nichte
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István Kanizsay
as Journalist im Café
