Gloomy Sunday (1999)

Gloomy Sunday (1999)

1999-10-21 Germany, Hungary 112 Min. PG-13
7.8 57 votes

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.

Cast

Joachim Król is László
Ben Becker is Hans Wieck
Hans Wieck
András Bálint is Ilonas Sohn
Ilonas Sohn
Géza Boros is Geigenspieler
Geigenspieler
Rolf Becker is Der alte Wieck
Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff is Frau Wieck
Frau Wieck
Ferenc Bács is Botschafter
Botschafter
Júlia Zsolnai is Frau Botschafter
Frau Botschafter
Áron Sipos is Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
Ernst Kahl is Zeichner Torresz
Zeichner Torresz