Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (1999)

Original title

Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday

Directed by

Rolf Schübel

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Hungary

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Budapest, a beautiful waitress is involved in a love triangle with a Jewish restaurant owner and a pianist. Their lives and the creation of a hauntingly famous song are disrupted by the rise of Nazi influence and the onset of World War II.

romantictragichistorictensemelancholicbittersweetslow-burnmoody

What happens

Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (Gloomy Sunday – A Song of Love and Death, Hungarian: Szomorú vasárnap) is a 1999 film, a German/Hungarian co-production. Although the movie centers on a romantic love triangle with tragic consequences, it has a strong historical background, set in Hungary during World War II. The film is based on the novel by Nick Barkow, co-written and directed by Rolf Schübel and tells a fictional story connected to the creation of the infamous song "Gloomy Sunday". Starring are Joachim Król (László, Jewish restaurant owner), Stefano Dionisi (András, a pianist who creates "Gloomy Sunday"), Erika Marozsán (Ilona, waitress and László's and later András' lover) and Ben Becker (Hans Wieck, a German businessman who becomes an SS officer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Those Who Remained (2019)
• Hungarian Nights (1929)
• Stars of Variety (1939)
• The Volcano (1999)
• White Rose (1919)
• Budapesti tavasz (1955)
• Jakob the Liar (1999)
• What Might Have Been (2019)