Gloomy Sunday Movie (1999)
Follows three men who are in love with a most beautiful waitress: An intellectual restaurant owner, a mysterious musician and an erratic businessman; taking place during the WWII.
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.
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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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
- Runtime: 1:52 hours
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Director: Rolf Schübel
- Writer: Ruth Toma (screenplay), Rolf Schübel (screenplay), Nick Barkow (novel)
- Actors: Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król, Ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi
- Language: German, English, Hungarian
- Country: Germany, Hungary
- Awards: 7 wins & 5 nominations
- Production Company: Menemsha
- Box Office: $223,827
- ASIN: B000GB5M10
- Year Released: 1999
- Release Date: Oct 20, 1999
- DVD Date: Sep 11, 2006
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