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Sunshine (1999)

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The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

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Awards

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.

Another 12 wins & 14 nominations.

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28 October 2006 | alex_sternchen
10
| wonderful movie depicting the tragic history Hungary
Sunshine wonderfully depicts the waves of politics that have affected Hungary and led to its tragic history as well as how these political regimes affected Hungarians.

Even if specifically focusing on a Jewish family I do think many of the struggles can be universally applied to Hungarians or Central/Eastern Europeans.

This is however not just a history lesson but a touching and emotional account of a family's struggle through the times. The acting is impressive and choosing Ralph Fiennes for the leading role was a great move as he has already studies the culture and the meaning of being Hungarian for the English patient.

Definitely worth watching!

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The character of Adam Sonnenschein/Sors (played by Ralph Fiennes) draws heavily upon the life and death of two great Hungarian Jewish sabreurs, Attila Petschauer and Endre Kabos (winner of Olympic Gold in Sabre at the 1936 Berlin Games). Tragically, neither survived World War II and the Holocaust.

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Ivan Sors: Andor Knorr, one of your murderers has come to your grave, to say goodbye to you. I was your first interrogator, someone who you trained to defend the cause without mercy. We believed we were going to make the world better place for people, but, ...

Goofs

When fencing for the gold medal, Adam Sors' opponent has his foot way across the line at the start. This would never be allowed at the Olympics.

Soundtracks

Egmont: Overture - Opus 84
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin (as Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchestra Berlin)

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Genres

Drama | History | Romance | War

Details

Release Date:

14 July 2000

Language

English, French

Country of Origin

Germany, Austria, Canada, Hungary, France, UK, USA

Filming Locations

Hungary

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$84,869 (USA) (11 June 2000)

Gross:

$5,095,981 (USA) (4 February 2001)

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