Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)

Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod) (2000)

  • 84% of critics liked it
    (64 reviews)

  • 90% of users liked it
    (4,793 ratings)

Rolf Schuebel makes his directorial debut with this subtly-told true story about one the 1930s' most memorable melodies. Set just prior to WWII, the film focuses on Hungarian beauty Ilona (Erika Marozsan) and her significant other Laszlo Szabo (Joachim Krol), a dapper owner of Budapest's… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Rolf Schübel, Ruth Thoma Andrews
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Nov 14, 2003 Limited
Menemsha

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

    It's intelligent, well-acted and beautifully photographed.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    A superior soap opera not unlike what Douglas Sirk might have churned out in the 1950s.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    Its old-fashioned romanticism is heady, and the relationships among the characters are intriguing.

  • Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

    It has enough opulent, oversized romanticism to make it a guilty pleasure, not to mention three attractive and appealing characters and, of course, that song.

  • Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

    It's a stirring and provocative affirmation of the power and resilience of love.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    creaky melodrama

  • Cynthia S


    The story about the song is absurd, the menage-a-trois is not sexy, but the atmosphere is nice and you cant take yours eyes off Erika Marozsan..she is just gorgeous. A little slow, though, and a little uneventful. Really good ending, however, which almost makes me forgive the rest.

  • familiar s


    Seeing its high rating and believing it to be factual, I pounced upon it. But no sooner did the movie begin I found the proceedings to be too good to be true. And so it obviously was. The factual events are finely woven in this drama. I'd have enjoyed it more had it been without… More

  • Stefanie C


    As lovely and haunting as the song...

  • Bill C


    It?s a has a good twist but wrapped around it is a European period romance story and the low point is the character development. Erika Marozsan simple beauty really bumps this film up a ½ star. But her character in the beginning you know she?s Yugoslavian and possibly gypsy and at one… More

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