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Gloomy Sunday

1999 · 112 min

A lush, sorrowful period romance that drifts between tenderness and dread, leaving a lingering ache long after the music stops.

Directed by
Rolf Schübel
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Marozsán Erika, Joachim Król, Ben Becker
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Rolf Schübel
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Marozsán Erika, Joachim Król, Ben Becker
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • war
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Rolf Schübel
Written by
Rolf Schübel, Ruth Toma
Starring
Marozsán Erika, Joachim Król, Ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi, András Bálint, Géza Boros, Rolf Becker, Ilse Zielstorff
Music
Rezsö Seress, Detlef Petersen
Cinematography
Edward Kłosiński
Runtime
112 min
Country
Germany, Hungary
Languages
English, German, Hungarian

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