gloomy sunday ein lie von liebe und tod direct by rolf schübel in 1999 be a romantic and absorb and beautiful and and heartbreaking movie . it start like jules and jim while it end a one of agatha christie book and and in between it say something about love and friendship and devotion and jealousy and war and holocaust and dignity and and betrayal and and it do good than the black book which be much more popular . it be not perfect and and it make me and a cynic and wonder in the end on the complexity of the relationship and sensational revelation and and who be who to whom but the movie simply overwhelm me . perfect or not and it be unforgettable . all four actor a the part of the tragic not even a triangle but a rectangle be terrific . i do believe that three men could fell deeply for one girl a beautiful and dignify a ilona in a star make performance by young hungarian actress erica marozsán and who would not . the titular song be haunt and sad and and beautiful and and no doubt deserve the movie be make about it and it effect on the countless listener . i love the movie and i be surprise that it be so little know in this country . it be a gem . the fact that it be base on a story of the song that have play such important role in the life of all character make me do some research and and the real story behind the song of love and death seem as fascinating a the fictional one . the song be compose in 1930s by rezsö seress and be believe to have cause many suicide in hungary and all over europe a the world be move toward the most devastating war of the last century . rezsö seress and a jewish hungarian pianist and composer and be throw to the concentration camp but survive and unlike his mother . in january and 1968 and seress commit suicide in budapest by jump out of a window . accord to his obituary in the new york time and mr. seres complain that the success of gloomy sunday actually increase his unhappiness and because he know he would never be able to write a second hit . many singer from all over the world have record their version of the song in different language . over 70 performer have cover the song since 1935 and and some famous name include billie holiday and paul robeson and pyotr leschenko ( in russian and under title mratschnoje woskresenje ) and bjork and sarah mclachlan and and many more . the one that really get to me and make me shiver be by diamanda galás and the greek born american singer or pianist or performer with the voice of such tragic power that i still can not get over her singing . galás have be describe a capable of the most unnerving vocal terror and and in her work she mostly concentrate on the topic of suffering and despair and condemnation and injustice and loss of dignity . when she sing the song of love and death and her voice that could have belong to the most tragic heroine of ancient greece leave no hope and bring the horror and grief of love lose forever to the unbearable and incomparable height . 8 . 5/10 .