Sunshine

original title:
Sunshine
other titles:
(Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein), A Napfény íze
country / year of production:
Germany , Hungary , Austria , Canada / 1999
original length:
180 min. , color
premiere:
CDN: 13 September 1999, Toronto Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
István Szabó
film script:
István Szabó
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Ralph Fiennes , Rachel Weisz , Rosemary Harris
more:
plot synopsis:
The film deals with a Jewish family living in Hungary and shows their lifes through three generations. From financial success to the death bringing Holocaust, the three generations go through all kinds of different feelings.
keywords:
anti-semitism , Holocaust , fascism , concentration camps , escape , home front
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Marion Löhndorf. "István Szabós ungarische Familiensaga". In: EPD-Film 17 (2000), 2, 32-33.
remarks:
The character of Adam Sors draws heavily upon the life of the Hungarian Jewish sabreur Attila Endre Kabos, who won the Olympic Gold in Sabre at the 1936 Berlin Games and didn't survived the Holocaust.

Homepage: http://www.metrofilms.com/sunshine/

Won three awards at the "European Film Awards" in 1999.
availability:
VHS, DVD, CD