Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

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Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Frederick Regenold Gloomy Sunday-IMDb A great movie experience. I'm 82 and have been watching movies since I was five years old. This is an unforgettable film. Every facet is superb. The acting is flawless, the cinematography is breathtaking, and the gripping story has every human emotion imaginable. It's hypnotic from start to finish, but keep in mind, you have to be attentive. There are some subtle touches that can go unnoticed if you're not carefully observing and listening, and missing them can possibly deprive you of fully understanding and enjoying the fantastic ending. The skilled director doesn't use a heavy hand, and that's admirable. Every single actor gives a perfect performance. Having studied acting for five years, I must mention that they don't act, they behave. Erika Marozsán's portrayal is colossal! I've fallen in love with her. Even if I were five years old now, there's a scene with Joachim Król I'd remember the rest of my life. I've viewed that particular scene about eight times. Gut-wrenching, yet inspirational. Never in my life have a watched any movie four times, and I just saw this one again for the fourth time… in one week! If not for IMDb and Netflix, I would never have heard of it. And it received no nominations for the Academy Awards. Ridiculous! This is truly a masterpiece! I've never written a review for IMDb, but for this film I had to do it. I cannot praise this movie enough!

kwangsmom I've never seen a fantastic movie like this before. I saw this movie about ten years ago, just before the trip to Budapest. It was enough to bring a strong desire for the trip there. The plot is little bit stereotypical, however the photography and the music is terrific. I bet a Hollywood movie couldn't arouse a deep impression like this.The setting of this movie is a beautiful restaurant in Budapest, and there is a nice Jewish Hungarian guy, named Lasio Szabo and an attractive lady, named Ilona. They run the restaurant together and they love each other. One day they decide to hire a pianist for their customers, and Ilona chooses a poor guy, named Andras, as a pianist. He is very handsome and talented, thus she falls in love with him day by day.Their uncomfortable relationship continues until the beginning of the World War two. By Nazis invading, these three people fall into serious difficulties because of a German guy who loved Ilona before.Many scenes of this movie were took on the beautiful streets of Budapest, the 'Donau' river and the 'Chain bridge'. It makes me feel romantic. The street that is filled with a lot of beautiful historical buildings and the night view of the 'Donau' river still remain with me.One interesting thing in this movie is the song "Gloomy Sunday", one of the fascinating songs. It is actually composed by Andras for Ilona in the story, meanwhile it became very famous for suicide. This song is temporarily prohibited in Europe because many European people committed a suicide due to this gloomy song.There are so many movies related to the Jews in World War Two, and most of them are based on the exposure of Nazis' brutality. In contrast, this movie is romantic and female oriented. Even the movie title is "Gloomy Sunday", but this movie is not gloomy, it is brilliant.

Galina Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod directed by Rolf Schübel in 1999 is a romantic, absorbing, beautiful, and heartbreaking movie. It started like Jules and Jim; it ended as one of Agatha Christie's books, and in between it said something about love, friendship, devotion, jealousy, war, Holocaust, dignity, and betrayal, and it did better than The Black Book which is much more popular. It is not perfect, and it made me, a cynic, wonder in the end on the complexity of the relationships and sensational revelations, and who is who to whom but the movie simply overwhelmed me. Perfect or not, it is unforgettable. All four actors as the parts of the tragic not even a triangle but a rectangle were terrific. I do believe that three men could fell deeply for one girl as beautiful and dignified as Ilona in a star-making performance by young Hungarian actress Erica Marozsán and who would not? The titular song is haunting, sad, and beautiful, and no doubt deserves the movie been made about it and its effect on the countless listeners. I love the movie and I am surprised that it is so little known in this country. It is a gem.The fact that it is based on a story of the song that had played such important role in the lives of all characters made me do some research, and the real story behind the song of Love and Death seems as fascinating as the fictional one. The song was composed in 1930s by Rezsö Seress and was believed to have caused many suicides in Hungary and all over Europe as the world was moving toward the most devastating War of the last century. Rezsö Seress, a Jewish-Hungarian pianist and composer, was thrown to the Concentration Camp but survived, unlike his mother. In January, 1968, Seress committed suicide in Budapest by jumping out of a window. According to his obituary in the New York Times, "Mr. Seres complained that the success of "Gloomy Sunday" actually increased his unhappiness, because he knew he would never be able to write a second hit." Many singers from all over the world have recorded their versions of the songs in different languages. Over 70 performers have covered the song since 1935, and some famous names include Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson, Pyotr Leschenko (in Russian, under title "Mratschnoje Woskresenje"), Bjork, Sarah McLachlan, and many more. The one that really got to me and made me shiver is by Diamanda Galás, the Greek born American singer/pianist/performer with the voice of such tragic power that I still can't get over her singing. Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", and in her work she mostly concentrates on the topics of "suffering, despair, condemnation, injustice and loss of dignity." When she sings the Song of Love and Death, her voice that could've belonged to the most tragic heroines of Ancient Greece leaves no hope and brings the horror and grief of love lost forever to the unbearable and incomparable heights.8.5/10

Liz Simmonds This beautiful and moving film provides via a sensitively handled love affair an intriguingly subtle morality play.The owner of a restaurant saves the life of a German who is trying to commit suicide after being turned down - by the restaurateur's mistress.This character goes on to achieve power as a Nazi. He uses his power to save 1000 Jews from the concentration camps, and makes a fortune for himself in the process.He does good simply to benefit himself. Was it right to save his life? Had he died, so many other lives would not have been saved. His life is interlinked with the lives and deaths of other people.It would be unfair to elaborate further on this theme, as it would give away the plot.The film also returns to the idea of life and death with its theme of suicide; suicide being the ultimate way to take control of your own life.With all of these thoughts, it is still an entertaining and uplifting movie, with the most exquisite theme. Life and death are united in the English lyrics given at the end, which combine gloom and hope in the most extraordinary fashion.A fair bit of philosophy built into a simple and tastefully done move makes for good entertainment.