Gloomy Sunday - The Piano Player (1999) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Todaka
AKA
- Gloomy Sunday
- The Piano Player
Year
1999
Running time
114 min.
Country
Germany
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production Germany-Hungary;
Genre
Synopsis
As the turmoil of World War II engulfs Hungary, a Budapest eatery, Restaurant Szabo, hosts its own conflicts. Its restaurant owner, Laszlo, hires pianist Andras, and both men love Ilona, which is further complicated when their regular customer Hans, an SS colonel, begins to pursue Ilona's affections.
Awards
1999: German Film Awards: Best Screenplay
1999: Mar del Plata Film Festival. Official Selection
2003: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.
Critics' reviews
- "The fine cast, the elegant settings and the swoony title song somehow draw you in"
- "Lushly engaging, even if it covers some of the same ground as 'The Pianist' with less artistry and more melodrama."
- "Twists and turns heighten a gradually accruing effect, building to a risky moment of truth, a coup de théâtre that is as daring as it is satisfying."
- "It's an old-fashioned romantic triangle, told with schmaltzy music on the sound track and a heroine with a smoky singing voice, and then the Nazis turn up and it gets very complicated and heartbreaking."
- "Strange, compelling and hard to classify, it's both a romance and a character study, and it's set against a historical backdrop."
- "The Holocaust subplot is contrived and schematic. Yet the central love triangle is fairly compelling, aided by Krol's fine performance."
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