Forrest Gump
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Film / 1999
Gloomy Sunday
Directed by
Rolf Schübel
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Marozsán ErikaIlona
Joachim KrólLászló
Ben BeckerHans Wieck
Stefano DionisiAndrás
András BálintIlonas Sohn
Géza BorosGeigenspieler
Rolf BeckerDer alte Wieck
Ilse ZielstorffFrau Wieck
Ferenc BácsBotschafter
Júlia ZsolnaiFrau Botschafter
Áron SiposArzt (as Aron Sipos)
Ernst KahlZeichner Torresz
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Jörg GillnerChefkoch Istvan
Denis MoschittoLehrling Inas
István MikóKartoffelhändler
Michael GampeDirektor Novak
Karl FischerHerr Svoboda
Markus HeringHerr Schwitz
Werner BrehmPostbote
Wanja MuesHerr Mendel
Dorka GryllusFräulein Mendel
Tibor KenderesiProfessor Tajtelbaum
Anna RáckeveiTajtelbaums Nichte
István KanizsayJournalist im Café
Veit StübnerWeinlieferant
Márta BakóKerzenverkäuferin
Sebastian KochObersturmbannführer Eichbaum
Ulrike GroteFrau Häberle
László I. KishStandartenführer Schnefke
Ferenc NémethyAlter Jude in Wiecks Büro
Stefan WeinertSS-Offizier
Zsuzsa MányaiLászlós Nachbarin
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