WJFF 11
Gloomy Sunday

The 12th Festival
November 29 - December 9, 2001

Gloomy Sunday

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Gloomy Sunday
Germany/Hungary, 1999, 35mm, 114 minutes
German with English subtitles
Director: Rolf Schübel

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Saturday, December 8, 2001
6:30pm
$8
Sunday, December 9, 2001
1:00pm
$8
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The iconic hit song of the 1930's, Gloomy Sunday, is the inspiration behind this highly charged romantic drama set in pre-war Budapest. Told in flashback, director Rolf Schübel's film recounts a tragic love between a Jewish restaurant owner László, his beautiful assistant Ilona, and a pianist András who pens this memorable melody. The fragile balance of their ménage à trois spirals out of control -- first with the arrival of Hans, a young German business man who falls in love with Ilona, (played by Ben Becker, last seen in the 10th Fest film, The Harmonists). Later with the outbreak of the war, Hans, now an SS colonel, returns, offering Jews free passage out of Hungary in exchange for money. Featuring Erika Marozsan from the 2000 WJFF short One Day Crossing as Ilona. (note adapted from the 2000 Festival of Jewish Cinema, Australia).

Co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Washington

In cooperation with the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany

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