Sep 13, 1999
181 min
Full-HD

Sunshine (1999)

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.

Category

Drama History Romance War

Country

Austria Canada Germany Hungary

Companies

Téléfilm Canada Channel Four Films Dor Film Alliance Atlantis Serendipity Point Films Eurimages Kinowelt Filmproduktion Hungarian Motion Picture Fund ISL Film InterCom TV 2 Vienna Film Financing Fund ORF Starhaus Filmproduktion The Movie Network

Ralph Fiennes

Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors

Rosemary Harris

Valerie Sors

Rachel Weisz

Greta

Jennifer Ehle

Valerie Sonnenschein

Deborah Kara Unger

Carole Kovacs

William Hurt

Andor Knorr

Molly Parker

Hannah Wippler

James Frain

Gustave Sonnenschein

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