context: In the present day, German industrialist Hans Wieck returns to Budapest with his family on the occasion of his 80th birthday having been stationed there during World War II. During dinner at his favorite restaurant, SzabÃ³'s, Hans regales his family and friends with stories of his many visits to the restaurant before and during the war. As he relishes his favorite dish, "Beef Rolls," he suddenly collapses with the song "Gloomy Sunday" being played, at his request, by two musicians. As he dies he sees a portrait of a beautiful woman taken many years before. The film then flashes back to Budapest during the late 1930s.
  Restaurant owner LÃ¡szlÃ³ SzabÃ³ (a Jew by birth) and his beautiful lover and waitress, Ilona (the woman in the photograph) hire a young pianist, AndrÃ¡s, to play in their restaurant. AndrÃ¡s falls in love with Ilona and she with him, though she continues to sleep with LÃ¡szlÃ³. AndrÃ¡s is inspired to write the song "Gloomy Sunday" for Ilona's birthday, the same night that a young Hans (who also shares the same birthday) takes the picture of her and asks her to marry him, though she refuses him. Later that night Hans tries to commit suicide by jumping into the Danube, but LÃ¡szlÃ³ saves him and Hans returns to Germany. The resulting song "Gloomy Sunday" is recorded and though very popular at first soon becomes feared by the public for its melancholy melody which seems to trigger a series of suicides. AndrÃ¡s comes to regret writing the song and nearly attempts to kill himself but is stopped by Ilona and LÃ¡szlÃ³ before he can take a small vial of poison. AndrÃ¡s, LÃ¡szlÃ³ and Ilona form a tenuous relationship. It has its problems, as articulated by LÃ¡szlÃ³ to Ilona during an argument he is having with AndrÃ¡s in front of her: "Easy for you, you've got all you need. You have two men, and each of us only half a woman."
  During Operation Panzerfaust, the Nazis invade Hungary and Hans returns as an SS officer responsible for organizing the deportation of Budapest's Jews to the death camps. Secretly, he saves the wealthiest Jews and smuggles them out of Occupied Europe in exchange for substantial bribes, including both goods and money. One night at the restaurant Hans brings a fellow SS officer to SzabÃ³'s and insists that AndrÃ¡s play his fateful composition. AndrÃ¡s refuses, but is compelled to do so when Ilona begins to sing the words to the song, something she has told him she would never do unless they were alone. When the song is over AndrÃ¡s kills himself by grabbing Hans's pistol and shooting himself in the head.
  After they bury AndrÃ¡s, LÃ¡szlÃ³ and Ilona pledge their love to each other and LÃ¡szlÃ³ puts the restaurant in her name to keep it from being confiscated by the Nazis. At Ilona's request Hans promises to protect LÃ¡szlÃ³ from being rounded up for "special treatment". However, shortly before the Battle of Budapest, LÃ¡szlÃ³ is rounded up and sent to the railway station to be sent to the death camps. Ilona hurries to Hans' headquarters to ask him to intervene, which he promises to do, making it clear that she must first sleep with him. A tearful Ilona submits, but Hans later reneges on the bargain, passing LÃ¡szlÃ³ by at the station and saving another Jew whose family had already paid him off. The flashback ends with the revelation of Ilona's pregnancy as she "speaks" to AndrÃ¡s at his grave, leaving the audience unsure as to who is the child's father.
  In the present, media reporters are paying tribute to the deceased Hans, as he is being put into his casket and driven away in a hearse. Ironically, Hans Wieck is now remembered not only as a wealthy industrialist but also as a Righteous Among the Nations who saved "a thousand Hungarian Jews" during the war. In the closing scene of the film, the middle-age waiter at SzabÃ³'s pours two glasses of champagne and returns to the kitchen, where his elderly mother (Ilona) is washing out AndrÃ¡s' now empty bottle of poison. Her son congratulates her on her birthday and the two embrace as the song "Gloomy Sunday" playing in the background.
question: What is Szab?
answer: Restaurant