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.
Directed by Rolf Schübel
lovesickness
jealousy
budapest, hungary
nazi
love triangle
birthday
blackmail
holocaust (shoah)
deportation
jew persecution
hungary
menage a trois
sexual harassment
antisemitism
1930s
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Marozsán Erika
Ilona
Joachim Król
László
Ben Becker
Hans Wieck
Stefano Dionisi
András
András Bálint
Ilonas Sohn
Rolf Becker
Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff
Frau Wieck
Ferenc Bács
Botschafter
Denis Moschitto
Lehrling Inas
István Mikó
Kartoffelhändler
Michael Gampe
Direktor Novak
Karl Fischer
Herr Svoboda
Crew
Ruth Toma
Screenplay
Rezsö Seress
Original Music Composer
Ursula Höf
Editor
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Ursula Höf
Sound Designer
Andrea Flesch
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
Alex Mayfield
9.6★ · 01/07/22
It's just so perfect for me. Classic, Cinematography, Taste like white wine it's soft but you'll want meat. Places here are seen like in my dream before.
It's just so perfect for me. Classic, Cinematography, Taste like white wine it's soft but you'll want meat. Places here are seen like in my dream before.
