Sunshine

In a time of revolution, in a family torn by tradition, one man was consumed by love.
Sunshine (1999)
Timing: 3:1 (181 min)

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The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The Sonnenstein house was filmed at the home of the film's director, István Szabó.
  • The character of Adam Sonnenstein, played by Ralph Fiennes, incorporates details from the lives and deaths of Attila Petschauer (1904-1943) and Endre Kabos (1906-1944), two Hungarian fencers of Jewish origin (Kabos was even a gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics). Neither of them survived World War II.
  • The original title translates to 'Sunshine'.

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