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Gloomy Sunday

Original title: Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod
  • 19991999
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 52m
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7.8/10
7.9K
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POPULARITY
17,555
7,589
Gloomy Sunday (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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
7.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,555
7,589
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Rolf Schübel
    • Writers
      • Ruth Toma(screenplay)
      • Rolf Schübel(screenplay)
      • Nick Barkow(novel)
    • Stars
      • Joachim Król
      • Erika Marozsán
      • Stefano Dionisi
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rolf Schübel
    • Writers
      • Ruth Toma(screenplay)
      • Rolf Schübel(screenplay)
      • Nick Barkow(novel)
    • Stars
      • Joachim Król
      • Erika Marozsán
      • Stefano Dionisi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 61User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 5 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Joachim Król
    Joachim Król
    • László…
    Erika Marozsán
    Erika Marozsán
    • Ilona…
    Stefano Dionisi
    Stefano Dionisi
    • András…
    Ben Becker
    Ben Becker
    • Hans…
    András Bálint
    • Ilonas Sohn
    Géza Boros
    • Geigenspieler
    Rolf Becker
    Rolf Becker
    • Herr Wieck
    Ilse Zielstorff
    • Frau Wieck
    Ferenc Bács
    • Botschafter
    Júlia Zsolnai
    • Frau des Botschafters
    Áron Sipos
    • Arzt
    • (as Aron Sipos)
    Ernst Kahl
    • Zeichner Torresz
    Jörg Gillner
    • Chefkoch István
    Denis Moschitto
    Denis Moschitto
    • Lehrling Inas
    István Mikó
    • Kartoffelhändler
    Michael Gampe
    • Direktor Novak
    Karl Fischer
    Karl Fischer
    • Herr Svoboda
    Markus Hering
    • Herr Schwitz
    • Director
      • Rolf Schübel
    • Writers
      • Ruth Toma(screenplay)
      • Rolf Schübel(screenplay)
      • Nick Barkow(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The Nazi called Wieck, played by Ben Becker, is a fictionalized SS Col. Kurt Becher, the who was acquitted in Nuremberg of war crimes and who ended up the richest man in Germany.
    • Goofs
      When the trio goes to a movie theater, they watch a newsreel that declares that the song "Gloomy Sunday" "drove 157 people in Hungary to suicide in the past eight weeks." We don't know whether that statement ever actually appeared in a German newsreel during the war. In any event, there is no evidence that the song ever actually drove more than a handful of people--if any--to suicide.
    • Quotes

      László: Everyone would like it all: something for the body, something for the soul. Something that fills you up, something that makes you hungry.

    • Connections
      Featured in Die Männer vom K3: Jugendliebe (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Szomorú Vasárnap/Gloomy Sunday
      Music by Rezsö Seress

      Lyrics by László Jávor

      English lyrics by Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)

      Akla Musikverlag Berlin

    User reviews61

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    Top review
    10/10
    A " menage-a-trois" can be terribly pathetic
    Beautiful Budapest, end of the thirties. Lazlo Szabo a middle-aged jew Hungarian runs a chic restaurant with a beautiful waitress,Ilona who is also his mistress. One day they decide to hire a pianist, and it's Ilona who choose. And it's a good choice because the handsome young man, Andras, creates a wonderful mood on the premises. Little by little he falls desperately in love with Ilona and composes specially for her a song, very melancholic, and a bit misterious. He calls it " Gloomy sunday ". This song brings surprisingly a lot of suicides. The love-triangle functions pretty well until the time a german customer, Hans, who comes regularly in the restaurant falls in love with Ilona, without success.A few years later the german army invades Hungary, Hans is back as a highly placed officer and the jewish condition of Lazlo is going to complicate the lives of the four protagonists. This movie is a master- piece and I'd bet if the film had been produced in Hollywood with Stone, Douglas and Harrison Ford, directed by Cassavetes it would have gained several Oscars. It has all a movie fan can expect from a good film -and more. Beautiful scenery, very good story, marvelous music, talent of the actors, and even a bit of sex. I rarely see a picture twice on the same day. This time I did.
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    • crisbob
    • Apr 7, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1999 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • Hungary
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Hungarian
    • Also known as
      • The Piano Player
    • Filming locations
      • Budapest, Hungary
    • Production companies
      • Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
      • Dom Film GmbH
      • PolyGram Filmproduktion
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $585,604
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,102
      • Jun 22, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $646,532
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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