Lonely Sunday

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Movie
German title Lonely Sunday
Original title Sombre Dimanche
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1949
length 84 minutes
Rod
Director Jacqueline Audry
script André Legrand
production Claude Dolbert
music Marcel Landowski
camera Gérard Perrin
cut Pierre Delannoy
occupation

Lonely Sunday (original title Sombre Dimanche ) is a French feature film , shot in 1948 under the direction of Jacqueline Audry and released in 1949. The drama is about a Hungarian musician and composer who emigrated to France shortly before the start of the Second World War , as well as one of piece of music composed for him, which he wrote under the impression of an unrequited love. As in the German - Hungarian remake A Song of Love and Death - Gloomy Sunday from 1999 , the song Gloomy Sunday (original title: Szomorú Vasárnap ) by the Hungarian composer Rezső Seress , which due to its melancholy mood, forms the central red thread Song of Suicide or Hungarian Suicide Song became known worldwide in the 1930s.

action

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the Hungarian musician and composer Jan Lazlo moved to France, where he fell in love with a woman who did not reciprocate. Under the influence of this situation, he composed a piece of music called Sombre Dimanche . Even before publication there were several suicides, all of which were attributed to the effect of the song. However, Jan's agent Max definitely wants to publish the piece. In order to increase the publicity , he does not shrink from persuading Michèle, the girlfriend of his business partner Bob, to fake suicide .

backgrounds

In 1999, based on the true story and based on the submission of Nick Barkow's novel Lied von sucht den Sonntag, directed by Rolf Schübel, a remake of the material entitled A Song of Love and Death - Gloomy Sunday was filmed.

literature

  • José Zendel, article published in L'Écran français no.196 (Paris, March 29, 1949), page 13.
  • Raymond Chirat , published in “La Saison cinématographique 1948/1949” (La Revue du Cinéma, hors-série XXX), éditions UFOLEIS (Paris, October 1984)

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