Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod

Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod Gloomy Sunday A Song of Love and Death, Hungarian Szomor vasrnap is a 1999 film, a GermanHungarian coproduction.

In the present day, German industrialist, Hans Wieck returns to Budapest with his family on the occasion of his 80th birthday having been stationed there during World War II. During dinner at his favorite restaurant, Szabos, Hans regales his family and friends with stories of his many visits to the restaurant before and during the war. As he relishes his favorite dish, Beef Rolls he suddenly collapses with the song Gloomy Sunday being played, at his request, by two musicians. As he dies he sees a portrait of a beautiful woman taken many years before. The film then flashes back to Budapest during the late 1930s.Restaurant owner Lszl Szabo a Jew by birth and his beautiful lover and waitress, Ilona the woman in the photograph hire a young pianist, Andrs, to play in their restaurant. Andrs falls in love with Ilona and she with him, though she continues to sleep with Lszl. Andrs is inspired to write the song Gloomy Sunday for Ilonas birthday, the same night that a young Hans who also shares the same birthday takes the picture of her and asks her to marry him, though she refuses him. Later that night Hans tries to commit suicide by jumping into the Danube, but Lszl saves him and Hans returns to Germany. The resulting song Gloomy Sunday is recorded and though very popular at first soon becomes feared by the public for its melancholy melody which seems to trigger a series of suicides. Andrs comes to regret writing the song and nearly attempts to kill himself but is stopped by Ilona and Lszl before he can take a small vial of poison. Andrs, Lszl and Ilona form a tenuous relationship. It has its problems, as articulated by Lszl to Ilona during an argument he is having with Andrs in front of her Easy for you, youve got all you need. You have two men, and each of us only half a woman. ........

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