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Sunshine

65.56 %|Sep 13, 1999|Drama, History, Romance, War

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.

Featured Crew

Lajos Koltai
Director of Photography
István Szabó
Screenplay
István Szabó
Director
Dominique Fortin
Editor
Israel Horovitz
Screenplay
Michel Arcand
Editor
Juli Saragosa
Sound Design Assistant
Deirdre Bowen
Casting

Cast

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Ralph Fiennes
Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors
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Rosemary Harris
Valerie Sors
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Jennifer Ehle
Valerie Sonnenschein
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Deborah Kara Unger
Carole Kovacs
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William Hurt
Andor Knorr
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Molly Parker
Hannah Wippler
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James Frain
Gustave Sonnenschein
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David de Keyser
Emmanuel Sonnenschein
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John Neville
Gustave Sors
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Miriam Margolyes
Rose Sonnenschein
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Mark Strong
István Sors
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Bill Paterson
Minister of Justice
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Trevor Peacock
Comrade Gen. Kope
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Hanns Zischler
Baron Margitta
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Mari Törőcsik
Older Kato
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Buddy Elias
Mr. Brenner
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Lajos Kovács
MP in Camp
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Kathleen Gati
Josefa Sonnenschein
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Vilmos Kun
Rabbi Bettelheim
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Flóra Kádár
Mrs. Hackl
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Kati Sólyom
Landlady in Vienna
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Joachim Bißmeier
Dr. Emil Vitak
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Attila Lőte
Count Forgach
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Ádám László
Emmanuel at 12
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Balázs Hantos
Aaron Sonnenschein
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Tamás Raj
Rabbi at Wedding
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Sándor Simó
Doctor #2
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Zoltán Gera
Man at Synagogue
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Bálint Trunkó
István at 18
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János Nemes
Ádám at 17/Ivan at 16
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Tamás Juranics
Commander of Lenin Boys
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András Stohl
Red Guard
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Gábor Mádi Szabó
Priest at Conversion
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Zoltán Seress
Tersikovsky
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Eszter Ónodi
Secretary at Officer's Club
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Károly Mécs
Defense Secretary
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Péter Takács
Stefano Sarto
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László Szepesi
Olympic Judge
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György Kézdy
Outraged Man
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István Fonyó
Warehouse Guard
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József Fonyó
Prison Sergeant
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Frigyes Hollósi
Mr. Ledniczky
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Ila Schütz
Mrs. Ledniczky
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János Vészi
Doctor #3
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Ilona Gurnik
Woman in Hospital
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Éva Igó
Policewoman
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Jack Beresford
Self - Olympics, Carries UK Flag (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Wilhelm Brückner
Self - Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Henri de Baillet-Latour
Self - with Hitler and Diem (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Gudrun Diem
Self - Presents Flowers to Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Wilhelm Frick
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Joseph Goebbels
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Rudolf Heß
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Adolf Hitler
Self - 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Wilhelm Keitel
Self - With Hitler/Baillet-Latour (archive footage) (uncredited)
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King Umberto II
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nikkolas Lavorato
(uncredited)
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Theodor Lewald
Self - with Hitler and Diem (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Julius Schaub
Self - Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Fritz Schilgen
Self - Olympics, Lights Flame (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Sándor Szakácsi
Ignatz Sonnenschein / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors (voice) (uncredited)
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Werner von Blomberg
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)