Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday

Deutschland Ungarn 1998/1999 Spielfilm

Gloomy Sunday

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.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Music

Cast

Production company

Producer

Alle Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Script editor

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Clapper loader

Steadycam operator

Optical effects

Still photography

Lighting design

Key grip

Camera (other)

Production design

Set design

Sculptor

Prop master

Property master

Stand-by props

Construction manager

Make-up artist

Costume design

Costumes

Hairdresser

Editing

Assistant editor

Sound design

Sound

Sound assistant

Foley artist

Audio mixing

Music

Conductor

Arrangement

Music performer

Music (other)

Cast

Production company

in association with

Producer

Co-Producer

Producer (TV)

Line producer

Associate producer

Unit production manager

Location manager

Production assistant

Original distributor

Funding

Shoot

    • 14.07.1998 - 19.09.1998: Budapest, Köln
Duration:
3124 m, 144 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.08.1999, 82863, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 01.10.1999, Hamburg, Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 21.10.1999;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 04.04.2002, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod - Gloomy Sunday
  • Schreibvariante Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Gloomy Sunday

Versions

Original

Duration:
3124 m, 144 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.08.1999, 82863, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 01.10.1999, Hamburg, Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 21.10.1999;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 04.04.2002, Arte

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2000
  • Deutscher Filmpreis, Bestes Drehbuch
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2000
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Beste Kamera
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Beste Regie
Deutscher Drehbuchpreis 2000
  • Deutscher Drehbuchpreis