Movie
Sunshine
Overview
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-09-13
- Runtime
- 181 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Téléfilm Canada, Channel Four Films, Dor Film, Alliance Atlantis, Serendipity Point Films, Eurimages, Kinowelt, Hungarian Motion Picture Fund, ISL Film, InterCom, TV 2, Vienna Film Financing Fund, ORF, Starhaus Filmproduktion, The Movie Network
- Country
- Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
- Rosemary Harris as Valerie Sors
- Rachel Weisz as Greta
- Jennifer Ehle as Valerie Sonnenschein
- Deborah Kara Unger as Carole Kovacs
- William Hurt as Andor Knorr
- Molly Parker as Hannah Wippler
- James Frain as Gustave Sonnenschein
- David de Keyser as Emmanuel Sonnenschein
- John Neville as Gustave Sors
- Miriam Margolyes as Rose Sonnenschein
- Rüdiger Vogler as Jakofalvy
Crew
- István Szabó - Director
- István Szabó - Screenplay
- Israel Horovitz - Screenplay
- István Szabó - Story
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