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Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday Short Film HD + Night and Day (Original Post) Celerity Apr 2020 OP
Wonderful! There is nobody like her. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #1
that video is amazing too! Celerity Apr 2020 #2
Yes! I agree! smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #4
Wonderful! There is nobody like her. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #3
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. Wonderful! There is nobody like her.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:36 PM
Apr 2020

Gloomy Sunday is such a haunting song. Especially when she sings it.

Night and Day is also one of my favorites.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Yes! I agree!
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:54 PM
Apr 2020


There is also a full length German/Hungarian film which is quite good called "Gloomy Sunday", however it's hard to find. I was able to find a full length streaming version on You Tube, which is subtitled. It's based on the original song by a Hungarian composer - it was known as "The Hungarian Suicide Song" at one time, but it's hard to know how much of the legend was truth and how much was rumor.

Anyway, it's a good story and a well done film w/ mostly German, Hungarian and a few other European actors. Takes place during the Nazi occupation in WWII. It's a bit on the depressing side, but it really draws you in.

See link if you are interested...

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. Wonderful! There is nobody like her.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:48 PM
Apr 2020

Gloomy Sunday is such a haunting song. Especially when she sings it.

Night and Day is also one of my favorites.

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