Sunshine (1999)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Ralph Fiennes | as | Ignatz Sonnenschein/Adam Sors/Ivan Sors | | Rosemary Harris | as | Valerie Sors | | Rachel Weisz | as | Greta | | Jennifer Ehle | as | Valerie Sonnenschein | | Deborah Kara Unger | as | Maj. Carole Kovacs | | Molly Parker | as | Hannah Wippler | | James Frain | as | Gustave Sonnenschein | | David de Keyser | as | Emmanuel Sonnenschein | | John Neville | as | Gustave Sors | | Miriam Margolyes | as | Rose Sonnenschein | | Rüdiger Vogler | as | Gen. Jakofalvy | | Mark Strong | as | Istvan Sors | | Bill Paterson | as | Minister of Justice | | Trevor Peacock | as | Comrade Gen. Kope | | Hanns Zischler | as | Baron Margitta |
| | Crew list: | | István Szabó (Director) | | István Szabó (Writer) |
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Review
The film follows 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. |
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