Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the 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 triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.
Cast
Erika Marozsán
Ilona
Joachim Król
László
Ben Becker
Hans Wieck
Stefano Dionisi
András
András Bálint
Ilonas Sohn
Géza Boros
Geigenspieler
Rolf Becker
Der alte Wieck
Ilse Zielstorff
Frau Wieck
Ferenc Bács
Botschafter
Júlia Zsolnai
Frau Botschafter
Áron Sipos
Arzt (as Aron Sipos)
Ernst Kahl
Zeichner Torresz
Jörg Gillner
Chefkoch Istvan
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
Tajtelbaums Nichte
István Kanizsay
Journalist im Café
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
Crew
Rolf Schübel
Director, Screenplay
Ruth Toma
Screenplay
Ursula Höf
Editor, Sound Designer
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Richard Schöps
Producer
Csaba Stork
Production Design
Volker Schäfer
Production Design
Tina Böckenhauer
Casting
Andrea Flesch
Costume Design
Susana Sánchez
Makeup Artist
István Vanek Béres
Special Effects
Péter Szilágyi
Special Effects
Rezsö Seress
Original Music Composer
Detlef Petersen
Original Music Composer
Nick Barkow
Original Story
