Sunshine

Sep 13, 1999

3h 1m

★ 6.5

In a time of revolution, in a family torn by tradition, one man was consumed by love.

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

War

Production Companies

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

Sunshine Trailers

Cast

Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors

Ralph Fiennes

Valerie Sors

Rosemary Harris

Greta

Rachel Weisz

Valerie Sonnenschein

Jennifer Ehle

Carole Kovacs

Deborah Kara Unger

Andor Knorr

William Hurt

Hannah Wippler

Molly Parker

Gustave Sonnenschein

James Frain

Emmanuel Sonnenschein

David de Keyser

Gustave Sors

John Neville

Rose Sonnenschein

Miriam Margolyes

Jakofalvy

Rüdiger Vogler

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2.0

Kára plná bolesti

Feb 1, 1986

War takes its cruel toll, which everyone must pay. It hits a small Slovak village especially hard, where the struggle for a bare life becomes a test of human character. For two impoverished friends, Jakub and Maja, struggling through poverty is more than difficult. Jakub delivers sour milk from somewhere on his cart to the entire village and lives in a dilapidated house with his sister Tereza, whose caregiver and guide through life is the experienced woman Mara, who provides herself with money from seduced soldiers. Maja, on the other hand, is a foundling and homeless man who does whatever he can to survive the next day. The only consolation for the two inseparable friends are the circulating tales of a kind of promised land, where there is no poverty or hunger, and where they could both go. Only this vision, this idea alone keeps the two of them and the rest of the village on their feet, and gives them hope for a better tomorrow.

6.5

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Jun 14, 2017

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

6.6

The Last Note

Oct 26, 2017

The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.

4.8

Caught by Night

May 1, 1986

A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.

5.8

Invisible Agent

Jul 31, 1942

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

6.8

Stolz der Nation

Aug 21, 2009

Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.

5.2

Devil's Island

Jan 1, 1979

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, tries to reach a safe area, but because of a storm it must stop near a small island. While the crew tries to repair it, a German gunboat comes from nearby.

0.0

Bezuidenhout

May 29, 2025

As the resistance group takes more risks during its operations, Johan discovers there is a traitor among them. Meanwhile, the British are preparing a rescue operation that ultimately went horribly wrong on the morning of March 3, 1945.

7.8

The Heiress

Oct 6, 1949

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

6.0

The Student of Prague

Aug 22, 1913

Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.

6.7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Oct 16, 1951

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

6.5

Park Row

Sep 1, 1952

In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger papers and its newspaper heiress owner.

6.7

Dragonwyck

Apr 19, 1946

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

6.2

Flying Tigers

Oct 8, 1942

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.

7.0

The Winter War

Nov 30, 1989

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.

6.3

Beyond the Front Line

Mar 5, 2004

A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.

6.0

Uncle Adolf

Jan 3, 2005

A young girl becomes the great love of the Nazi leader's life. It spans the years between 1929 and 1945, and focuses on Hitler's obsessive relationship with his niece Geli Raubal, which eventually led to the girl's suicide, then goes on to tell the story of how Eva Braun became his wife.

5.7

Escape to Athena

May 21, 1979

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.