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.
Producer: Richard Schöps
Director: Rolf Schübel
Director of Photography: Edward Kłosiński
Screenplay: Rolf Schübel, Ruth Toma
Ilona
László
Hans Wieck
András
Ilonas Sohn
Geigenspieler
Der alte Wieck
Frau Wieck
Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (1999) ORIGINAL DEUTSCH TRAILER