tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post93742955209450100..comments2024-02-18T03:21:27.028-05:00Comments on Dumneazu: Gloomy Sunday: The Suicide Song Down the Street.dumneazuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595663581295671582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post-87100662622223560882020-11-24T06:08:53.967-05:002020-11-24T06:08:53.967-05:00Spitzer sent to labour camp in WW1 and mother to A...Spitzer sent to labour camp in WW1 and mother to Auschwitz? WW2 I think!emil limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003644893416599953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post-19675624303389730432019-10-28T18:47:38.521-04:002019-10-28T18:47:38.521-04:00coolcoolDaniel Ballifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873678320758893322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post-82930117757416002462019-06-25T11:11:21.666-04:002019-06-25T11:11:21.666-04:00"After his initial career as a circus trapeze..."After his initial career as a circus trapeze artist ended in a fall he turned to songwriting." That is a wonderful deadpan line. Fascinating postzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post-68682062260848967762019-06-16T15:07:22.591-04:002019-06-16T15:07:22.591-04:00And as I should have said earlier, thank you for p...And as I should have said earlier, thank you for posting this. I had supposed that the story of the song was just invented by the screenwriters.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21879466.post-22069391161559765592019-06-16T13:09:32.372-04:002019-06-16T13:09:32.372-04:00Twenty years ago, the movie that played in the US ...Twenty years ago, the movie that played in the US as <i>Gloomy Sunday</i> was built around this story, though the parts don't quite fit: the pianist commits suicide at the restaurant where he plays, and it is the restaurateur who is packed off to the camps. Wikipedia (of course) has an article on the movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Lied_von_Liebe_und_TodGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com