A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 6 nominations total
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- TriviaThe setting, Bagdad, California, is a former town on the National Trails Highway (U.S. Route 66). After being bypassed by Interstate 40 in 1973, it was abandoned and eventually razed. While the town had a "Bagdad Cafe," the film was shot at the then Sidewinder Cafe in Newberry Springs, 50 miles west of the site of Bagdad. The cafe has become something of a tourist destination; to capitalize on the film, it changed its name to Bagdad Cafe. A small notice board on the cafe wall features snapshots of the film's cast and crew. In 2015, the motel was torn down and the trailer was removed from the property.
- GoofsChristine Kaufmann's character's, the tattoo artist, name is spelled Debby in the film credits but the sign outside her shop spells her name Debbie.
- Quotes
Brenda: Don't tell me that was it, Arnie! I mean, you gotta be kidding! That what I had you come up here for? I don't believe it! I mean she, she shows up outta nowhere without a car, without a map. She ain't got nothing but a suitcase filled with men's clothing. How come? How come she act so funny like she was gonna stay here forever? And with no clothes?! No! I don't like it! It don't make no sense at all! No, no, no, no, no! It don't make no sense!
- Alternate versionsBagdad Cafe (1987) runs 95 minutes in the U.S. and 108 minutes in the German version.
Featured review
A overweight German tourist is dumped in the middle of nowhere by her angry husband and puts in motion a set of unlikely comic and touching events.
Here in the Internet age we can do a lot of good work digging up and re-appraising films that deserve to be seen. While this is film might not to be everyone's taste it is a wonderful light drama about people of no particular importance doing very little beyond learning about each other.
Yet it works so well and haunts you for days after seeing it.
For reasons I also can't explain I find the American hinterlands strangely poetic and underused. Films such as Paris, Texas and The Last Picture Show also used these regions effectively.
More than any other film I have seen it cannot really be explained in words. It is about atmosphere and delivery and superb acting for a cast of - mostly - unknowns. It doesn't really have a plot as such and merely lingers in small-town America and observes small town mores and manners with cold detachment.
A little gem.
Here in the Internet age we can do a lot of good work digging up and re-appraising films that deserve to be seen. While this is film might not to be everyone's taste it is a wonderful light drama about people of no particular importance doing very little beyond learning about each other.
Yet it works so well and haunts you for days after seeing it.
For reasons I also can't explain I find the American hinterlands strangely poetic and underused. Films such as Paris, Texas and The Last Picture Show also used these regions effectively.
More than any other film I have seen it cannot really be explained in words. It is about atmosphere and delivery and superb acting for a cast of - mostly - unknowns. It doesn't really have a plot as such and merely lingers in small-town America and observes small town mores and manners with cold detachment.
A little gem.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Out of Rosenheim
- Filming locations
- Bagdad Cafe - 46548 National Trails Highway, Newberry Springs, California, USA(formerly Sidewinder Cafe)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,587,303
- Gross worldwide
- $3,732,660
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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