Gloomy Sunday (1999)

Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (original title)

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1h 52min
Romance, Drama
21 Oct 1999 (Germany)
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Follows three men who are in love with a beautiful waitress during World War II: an intellectual restaurant owner, a mysterious musician, and an erratic businessman.

Director:

Rolf Schübel

Writers:

Ruth Toma, Rolf Schübel, Nick Barkow

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Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations.
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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.

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	Erika Marozsán	...	Ilona
	Joachim Król	...	László
	Ben Becker	...	Hans Wieck
	Stefano Dionisi	...	András
	András Bálint	...	Ilonas Sohn
	Géza Boros	...	Geigenspieler
	Péter Schmidt	...	Pianist
	Rolf Becker	...	Der alte Wieck
	Ilse Zielstorff	...	Frau Wieck
	Ferenc Bács	...	Botschafter
	Júlia Zsolnai	...	Frau Botschafter
	Áron Sipos	...	Arzt
	Ernst Kahl	...	Zeichner Törresz
	Jörg Gillner	...	Chefkoch István
	Denis Moschitto	...	Lehrling Inas
	István Mikó	...	Kartoffelhändler
	Michael Gampe	...	Direktor Novak
	Karl Fischer	...	Herr Svoboda
	Markus Hering	...	Herr Schwitz
	Werner Brehm	...	Postbote
	Wanja Mues	...	Herr Mendel
	Dorka Gryllus	...	Fräulein Mendel
	Tibor Kenderesi	...	Professor Tajtelbaum
	Anna Ráckevei	...	Seine Nichte
	István Kanizsay	...	Journalist im Café (as István Kanizsai)
	Michael Quitkowsky	...	Wochenschausprecher
	Veit Stübner	...	Weinlieferant
	Márta Bakó	...	Kerzenverkäuferin
	Sebastian Koch	...	Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum
	Ulrike Grote	...	Frau Häberle
	László I. Kish	...	Standartenführer Schnefke
	Ferenc Némethy	...	Alter Jude in Wiecks Büro
	Stefan Weinert	...	SS Offizier
	Zsuzsa Mányai	...	Lászlós Nachbarin
	Aurél Hajtó	...	Reporter I (as Aurel Hajtó)
	György Kégl	...	Reporter II
	Árpád Hetényi	...	Reporter III
	Tanya M. Nagel	...	BBC Reporterin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Friedrich G. Beckhaus	...	Professor Tajtelbaum (uncredited) (voice)
	Angelo Franke	...	Ungarischer Soldat (uncredited)
	Adolf Hitler	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Oliver Rohrbeck	...	Radiosprecher (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Rolf Schübel

Written by

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Ruth Toma	...	(screenplay) and
Rolf Schübel	...	(screenplay)

Nick Barkow	...	(novel)

Produced by

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Michael André	...	producer: Arte
Kerstin Ramcke	...	line producer
Martin Rohrbeck	...	executive producer
Andreas Schreitmüller	...	producer: WDR
Richard Schöps	...	producer
Áron Sipos	...	co-producer
Martin Wiebel	...	associate producer
Winka Wulff	...	producer: Premiere

Music by

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Detlef Petersen	...	(as Detlef Friedrich Petersen)
Rezsö Seress

Cinematography by

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Edward Klosinski

Editing by

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Ursula Höf

Editorial Department

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Annette Beecken	...	assistant editor
Ariane Fuchs	...	apprentice editor

Casting By

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Tina Böckenhauer

Production Design by

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Volker Schäfer
Csaba Stork

Costume Design by

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Andrea Flesch

Makeup Department

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Ulrike Bruns-Giffel	...	makeup artist: Cologne (as Ulrike Bruns)
Karim Ghadamchi	...	makeup artist: Cologne
Stamatia Gotsi	...	makeup artist: Cologne
Jekaterina Oertel	...	makeup artist (as Jekatarina Oertel)
Agnes Petrovics	...	makeup artist: Budapest (as Ágnes Petrovics)
István Szücs	...	hair stylist: Budapest unit
Susana Sánchez	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Milanka Comfort	...	production manager: Cologne unit
Birgit Döhring	...	executive in charge of production
Birgit Kreuz	...	executive in charge of production
Marion Noack	...	production manager: dubbing
György Radnai	...	production manager: Budapest unit
Gábor Rajna	...	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sophie Allet-Coche	...	first assistant director
Balázs Kovács	...	assistant director: Budapest unit
Wanja Mues	...	second assistant director
Rita Nagy	...	assistant director: Budapest unit
Péter Rácz	...	assistant director: Budapest unit
Julia Willmann	...	second assistant director: Cologne

Art Department

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István Balogh	...	property master: Budapest
Béla Blazsej	...	set dresser
Péter Brill	...	construction manager: Budapest
Tamás Füzfa	...	property master: Budapest
Susanne Göttgens	...	stand-by props: Cologne
Gyula Herjeczki	...	construction coordinator
Gábor Horváth	...	art director: Budapest
Petra Klimek	...	property buyer: Cologne
Daniel Kolarov	...	property buyer: Cologne
Gábor Nagy	...	property master: Budapest
János Pásztor	...	art director: Budapest
János Rauschenberger	...	assistant production designer: Budapest
John Rawsthorn	...	art director: Cologne
Gábor Zoltán Szabó	...	property master: Budapest (as Gábor Szabó)
Dóra Szentirmai	...	assistant production designer: Budapest
László Szirmai	...	assistant production designer: Budapest
Markus Wollersheim	...	assistant production designer: Cologne
László Szirmai	...	art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Max Bauer	...	foley artist
Christine Beck	...	dubbing editor
Annette Beecken	...	foley editor
Csongor Fazekas	...	sound trainee
Ursula Höf	...	sound designer
Jochen Isfort	...	boom operator
Dirk Jacob	...	sound designer
Michael Keinath	...	foley recordist
Mel Kutbay	...	foley artist
Antonia Pöhlmann	...	assistant sound
Wolfgang Schukrafft	...	sound
Martin Steyer	...	re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

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István Vanek Béres	...	special effects
Gábor Csákovics	...	pyro technics
Attila Halász	...	special effects
Iván Pohárnok	...	pyro technics
Péter Szilágyi	...	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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István Bese	...	dolly grip: Budapest
Attila Bilik	...	lighting: Budapest
Riccardo Brunner	...	Steadicam operator: Cologne
Tamás Bánfalvy	...	crane operator: Budapest
Christian Dlusztus	...	key grip
Ina Esser	...	rigging grip: Cologne
Attila Fogas	...	lighting: Budapest
Michael Kertgens	...	still photographer
Marc Lorenz	...	rigging grip: Cologne
Mario Matic	...	dolly grip: Cologne
László Maylander	...	dolly grip: Budapest
Andy Müller	...	lighting: Cologne
Daniel Müller	...	lighting: Cologne
Georg Nonnenmacher	...	lighting designer
Sándor Novák	...	lighting: Budapest
Tamás Nyerges	...	steadicam operator
Tadeusz Obuchowicz	...	assistant camera
Péter Sidló	...	gaffer: Budapest
József Simon	...	lighting: Budapest
Atilla Szucs Sr.	...	dolly grip (as Sr. Attila Szucs)
Jutta Tränkle	...	lighting: Cologne
Klaus Peter Venn	...	lighting designer
Eva Weymann	...	rigging grip: Cologne
Thomas Maier	...	steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Sabine Hoff	...	extras casting: Cologne
Françoise Husges	...	extras casting: Cologne
Tamás Kertész	...	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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János Breckl	...	costumer: Budapest
Zsolt Gyarmathy	...	wardrober: Budapest
Rózsa Horváth	...	wardrober: Budapest
Sabine Kaspari	...	wardrober: Cologne
Péter Klimó	...	wardrober
János Papp	...	wardrober
Tina Polster	...	wardrober: Cologne
Dora Riesz	...	wardrober
József Varjú	...	wardrober: Budapest
Ulli Wachsmuth	...	assistant costume designer: Cologne

Location Management

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Stephan Bechem	...	second location manager
Peter Klinke	...	location manager: dubbing
Ákos Pesti	...	location manager: Budapest
Gábor Ujházy	...	location manager: Budapest

Music Department

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Jenõ Bányai	...	music engineer
Malcolm Devenish	...	music mixer
Nico Fintzen	...	composer: additional music
István Gyarmati	...	music coach: Budapest (as István Gyarmathy)
Stefan Hansen	...	composer: additional music (as Steve Hansen)
Peter Hecht	...	music arranger
Django Seelenmeyer	...	music consultant
György Selmeczi	...	musician: piano
Frank Strobel	...	conductor
Jürgen Tegge	...	music consultant

Script and Continuity Department

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Lars Parlaska

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continuity

Transportation Department

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Zsolt Babanics	...	production driver: Budapest
Sándor Becka	...	production driver: Budapest
Lászlo Gyurováth	...	production driver: Budapest
Volker Hohmann	...	production driver: Cologne
Volker Kirschenfauth	...	production driver: Cologne
Maria Klitzsch	...	production driver: Cologne
Tom Kratz	...	property driver: Cologne
Stephanie Kuhn	...	property driver: Cologne
Kanat Namlisoy	...	production driver: Cologne
István Sike	...	production driver: Budapest
Árpád Veress	...	production driver: Budapest
Tibor Wallner	...	production driver: Budapest
Markus Zimmer	...	production driver: Cologne

Additional Crew

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Sabine Avenhaus	...	sculptor: Cologne (as Sabine Auenhaus)
István Barvich	...	kayal
Mascha Binder	...	production assistant
István Boconádi	...	safety service: Budapest
Reka Borbély	...	translator: Budapest
Zsuzsa Báthory	...	production assistant: Budapest
Pierre Böhm	...	food designer: Cologne
Jens Eickmaier	...	legal consultant
Bela Frey	...	customs: Budapest (as Béla Frey)
Ágoston Félegyházy Megyesy	...	set manager: Budapest (as Ágoston F. Megyesy)
Szabolcs Galgóczi	...	technician: Budapest
Árpád Hetényi	...	dialogue coach: Budapest
Orsolya Horváth	...	runner: Budapest
Martin Hämer	...	first location manager: Cologne
Éna Ilonczai	...	translator
Bence Juhász	...	runner: Budapest
Sabine Kaulitzki	...	press relations
Annette Matzke	...	production secretary: Cologne
Ingrid Meyer-Bosse	...	press relations
Orsolya Mirgay	...	set manager: Budapest
Elisabeth Ohlendorf	...	press relations
Regine Otto	...	production secretary: Cologne
Erika Radnai	...	translator: Budapest
Oliver Rohrbeck	...	dubbing director
Anatol Schmidt	...	technician: Budapest
Wilma Schmidt	...	sculptor: Cologne
Ildikó Tuboly	...	cashier: Budapest
Magnus Vortmeyer	...	press relations
Agnes Várnai	...	production coordinator (as Ágnes Várnai)
Balázs Kovács	...	extras coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Dieter Kosslick

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thanks

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
Dom Film GmbH
PolyGram Filmproduktion (co-production)
Focusfilm Kft. (co-production)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (co-production)
ARTE (co-production)
Premiere (co-production)

Distributors

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Monopole-Pathé (1999) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
Vii Pillars Entertainment (2005) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
ARD TV (2002) (Germany) (tv)
ARD (2002) (Germany) (tv)
ARTE (2002) (Germany) (tv)
ARTE (2002) (France) (tv)
AllesKino.de (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Amazon Freevee (2024) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Amazon Instant Video (2010) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2002) (Germany) (tv)
Arrow Releasing (United States)
BR Fernsehen (2004) (Germany) (tv)
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (2004) (Germany) (tv)
Das Erste (2002) (Germany) (tv)
Flimmerkiste TV (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Google Play (2010) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Kabel Eins Classics (2020) (Germany) (tv)
MDR Fernsehen (2005) (Germany) (tv)
MDR (2005) (Germany) (tv)
Menemsha Entertainment (2003) (United States) (subtitled)
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (2005) (Germany) (tv)
Netzkino (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
ORF 2 (2008) (Austria) (tv)
RBB Fernsehen (2004) (Germany) (tv)
RBB (2004) (Germany) (tv)
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (2004) (Germany) (tv)
SF 1 (2005) (Switzerland) (tv)
SF2 (2004) (Switzerland) (tv)
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) (2004) (Switzerland) (tv)
Universal Pictures Video (2000) (Germany) (VHS)
Universal Pictures Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
Vii Pillars Entertainment (2006) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
WDR Fernsehen (2003) (Germany) (tv)
WDR (2003) (Germany) (tv)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Wedo Movies (2003) (Germany) (tv)
WedoTV (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (2003) (Germany) (tv)
YouTube (2024) (World-wide) (video) (VoD)
Youtube Filme & TV (2024) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
iTunes (2010) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (2008) (Austria) (tv)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Budapest Concert Orchestrra Foundation (MÁV) (orchestra)
Bundesministerium des Inneren (BMI) (funding)
Bösendorfer Pianos (piano provided by)
Catering Belcanto (catering: Budapest)
Cine Licht Camera Rental GmbH (camera and lighting equipment)
Dinner for Tours (catering: Cologne)
Eurimages (funding)
Filmförderung Hamburg (funding)
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (funding)
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (funding)
Frappant Gastronomie (catering: Cologne)
GDFF Köln (set construction)
Gerling Konzern (insurance)
Hapag Lloyd (travel agency)
Kodak GmbH (film stock supplied by)
Mafilm (projectionists)
Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (funding)
Onkel Tuca FilmDecor (set construction: Cologne)
Ruhr Sound Studios (dubbing mixer)
Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP) (projectionists)
Studio Hamburg Synchron (dubbing mixer)
Studio Service MML (rigging)
TV2 (funding)
TrickWilk, Berlin (titles)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (projectionists)
ÓHV Ungarn Tours (travel agency)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Budapest 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 compose his only song. His song, Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholy melody triggers 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. Written by anonymous Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	male-rear-nudity female-topless-nudity throuple cuckolded-husband female-pubic-hair See All (60) »
Genres	Romance Drama
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:16 Egypt:Not Rated (DVD rating) Germany:12 (bw) Hong Kong:IIB Singapore:M18 South Korea:18 United States:Not Rated

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday (Germany) Szomorú vasárnap (Hungary) Gloomy Sunday (Canada, English title) The Piano Player (United States) Gloomy Sunday (United States) See more »
Runtime	112 min
Country	Germany Hungary
Language	German English Hungarian
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Budapest, Hungary See more »

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. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Jugendliebe (1999). See more »
Soundtracks	Szomorú Vasárnap/Gloomy Sunday See more »
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. See more »

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