Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday
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1999
1h 52m
7.7(65 votes)
Drama
Romance

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.

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Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion

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Cast & Crew

32 members
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Erika Marozsán

Ilona

Erika Marozsán
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Joachim Król

László

Joachim Król
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Ben Becker

Hans Wieck

Ben Becker
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Stefano Dionisi

András

Stefano Dionisi
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András Bálint

Ilonas Sohn

András Bálint
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Géza Boros

Geigenspieler

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Rolf Becker

Der alte Wieck

Rolf Becker
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Ilse Zielstorff

Frau Wieck

Ilse Zielstorff
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Ferenc Bács

Botschafter

Ferenc Bács
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Júlia Zsolnai

Frau Botschafter

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Production

Áron Sipos

Arzt (as Aron Sipos)

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Writing

Ernst Kahl

Zeichner Torresz

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Jörg Gillner

Chefkoch Istvan

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Denis Moschitto

Lehrling Inas

Denis Moschitto
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István Mikó

Kartoffelhändler

István Mikó
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Michael Gampe

Direktor Novak

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Karl Fischer

Herr Svoboda

Karl Fischer
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Markus Hering

Herr Schwitz

Markus Hering
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Werner Brehm

Postbote

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Wanja Mues

Herr Mendel

Wanja Mues
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Dorka Gryllus

Fräulein Mendel

Dorka Gryllus
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Tibor Kenderesi

Professor Tajtelbaum

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Anna Ráckevei

Tajtelbaums Nichte

Anna Ráckevei
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István Kanizsay

Journalist im Café

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Veit Stübner

Weinlieferant

Veit Stübner
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Márta Bakó

Kerzenverkäuferin

Márta Bakó
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Sebastian Koch

Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum

Sebastian Koch
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Ulrike Grote

Frau Häberle

Ulrike Grote
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László I. Kish

Standartenführer Schnefke

László I. Kish
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Ferenc Némethy

Alter Jude in Wiecks Büro

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Stefan Weinert

SS-Offizier

Stefan Weinert
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Zsuzsa Mányai

Lászlós Nachbarin

Zsuzsa Mányai

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