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Rezsö Seress(1889-1968)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Rezsö Seress was born on 3 November 1889 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a composer, known for Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), The Kovak Box (2006) and The Man Who Cried (2000). He died on 11 January 1968 in Budapest, Hungary.
BornNovember 3, 1889
DiedJanuary 11, 1968(78)
BornNovember 3, 1889
DiedJanuary 11, 1968(78)
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Known for

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Wristcutters: A Love Story
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2006
Timothy Hutton and Lucía Jiménez in The Kovak Box (2006)
The Kovak Box
5.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2006
Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro in The Man Who Cried (2000)
The Man Who Cried
6.1
  • Soundtrack("Gloomy Sunday")
  • 2000
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Gloomy Sunday
7.8
  • Composer
  • 1999

Credits

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Music Department

  • AmirMohammad Adibi in The Dark Repetition (2024)
    The Dark Repetition
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2024
  • Renata Drössler in Somorú Vasárnat/Smutna niedziela (2021)
    Somorú Vasárnat/Smutna niedziela
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Serge Gainsbourg: Gloomy Sunday
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2020
  • Gloomy Sunday (2014)
    Gloomy Sunday
    Short
    • stock music
    • 2014
  • Sombre dimanche (1948)
    Sombre dimanche
    • composer: song "Sombre Dimanche", "Szomoru Vasárnap"
    • 1948

Composer

  • Ponurá nedele (2011)
    Ponurá nedele
    7.2
    Short
    • original theme
    • 2011
  • Death is no dream
    7.6
    • music
    • 2011
  • Gloomy Sunday (1999)
    Gloomy Sunday
    7.8
    • Composer
    • 1999
  • Gyula Bodrogi and Ági Voith in Szomorú vasárnap (1981)
    Szomorú vasárnap
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer (as Seress Rezsõ)
    • 1981

Soundtrack

  • Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Leo Woodall, Rami Malek, and Mark O'Brien in Nuremberg (2025)
    Nuremberg
    7.3
    • writer: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • 2025
  • Nyugati nyaralás (2022)
    Nyugati nyaralás
    5.8
    • performer: "Várj"
    • 2022
  • Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2019)
    Le documentaire culturel
    7.4
    TV Series
    • music: "Sombre Dimanche" (Szomorú Vasárnap)
    • 2017
  • Gloomy Sunday (2014)
    Gloomy Sunday
    Short
    • writer: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • 2014
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    8.6
    TV Series
    • music: "Gloomy Sunday" (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Timothy Hutton and Lucía Jiménez in The Kovak Box (2006)
    The Kovak Box
    5.8
    • lyrics: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • music: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • 2006
  • Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Ask the Dust (2006)
    Ask the Dust
    5.7
    • Soundtrack ("Gloomy Sunday")
    • 2006
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
    Wristcutters: A Love Story
    7.2
    • writer: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • 2006
  • Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro in The Man Who Cried (2000)
    The Man Who Cried
    6.1
    • Soundtrack ("Gloomy Sunday")
    • 2000
  • Gloomy Sunday (1999)
    Gloomy Sunday
    7.8
    • lyrics: "Csak Inni, Inni"
    • music: "Szomorú Vasárnap / Gloomy Sunday", "Csak Inni, Inni"
    • 1999
  • The Funeral (1996)
    The Funeral
    6.6
    • writer: "Gloomy Sunday"
    • 1996
  • Schindler's List (1993)
    Schindler's List
    9.0
    • performer: "Szomorú Vasárnap"
    • writer: "Szomorú Vasárnap" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1993
  • Yôko Shimada in Kuro tokage (1990)
    Kuro tokage
    TV Movie
    • music: "Sombre Dimanche" (Szomorú Vasárnap)
    • 1990
  • Mikko Alatalo in Hittimittari (1984)
    Hittimittari
    5.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Surullinen sunnuntai"
    • 1985–1986
  • Hanayome no tameiki
    • music: "Szomorú Vasárnap"
    • 1956
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Seress Rezsõ
  • Born
    • November 3, 1889
    • Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
  • Died
    • January 11, 1968
    • Budapest, Hungary(suicide)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His song gloomy Sunday allegedly cause Hungarians to commit suicide letting people to calling it the Hungarian suicide song due to this the BBC banned the song until 2002.

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