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Bagdad Cafe

Original title: Out of Rosenheim
  • 19871987
  • PGPG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
14K
YOUR RATING
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
ComedyDrama
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.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
14K
YOUR RATING
    • Percy Adlon
    • Eleonore Adlon(screenplay)
    • Percy Adlon(screenplay)
    • Christopher Doherty(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Marianne Sägebrecht
    • CCH Pounder
    • Jack Palance
    • Percy Adlon
    • Eleonore Adlon(screenplay)
    • Percy Adlon(screenplay)
    • Christopher Doherty(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Marianne Sägebrecht
    • CCH Pounder
    • Jack Palance
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 90User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    CCH Pounder, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, and Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    CCH Pounder and Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Jack Palance in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    CCH Pounder and Christine Kaufmann in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Percy Adlon, CCH Pounder, and Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)
    CCH Pounder and Marianne Sägebrecht in Bagdad Cafe (1987)

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    Marianne Sägebrecht
    Marianne Sägebrecht
    • Jasmin Münchgstettner
    CCH Pounder
    CCH Pounder
    • Brenda
    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Rudi Cox
    Christine Kaufmann
    Christine Kaufmann
    • Debby
    Monica Calhoun
    Monica Calhoun
    • Phyllis
    Darron Flagg
    • Salomo
    George Aguilar
    George Aguilar
    • Cahuenga
    G. Smokey Campbell
    G. Smokey Campbell
    • Sal
    Hans Stadlbauer
    • Münchgstettner
    Alan S. Craig
    • Eric
    Apesanahkwat
    Apesanahkwat
    • Sheriff Arnie
    Ronald Lee Jarvis
    • Trucker Ron
    Mark Daneri
    Mark Daneri
    • Trucker Mark
    Ray Young
    Ray Young
    • Trucker Ray
    Gary Lee Davis
    • Trucker Gary
      • Percy Adlon
      • Eleonore Adlon(screenplay)
      • Percy Adlon(screenplay) (story)
      • Christopher Doherty(co-writer)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The restaurant used in the film is still operating and is located on National Trails Highway (Rt.66) in Newberry Springs, California. It was renamed "Bagdad Cafe" after the film was released. In 2015, the motel was torn down and the trailer was removed from the property.
    • Goofs
      Christine 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: Now why would you want to leave?

      Debby: Too much harmony.

    • Alternate versions
      Original German version runs 20 minutes longer than the US release.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Tucker: The Man and His Dream/Vibes/Cocktail/Clean and Sober/Bagdad Cafe (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Calling You
      Music by Bob Telson

      Lyrics by Bob Telson

      Performed by Jevetta Steele

    User reviews90

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    9/10
    Delightfully oddball, sweet film.
    A wonderful, funny, odd, and unique film.

    Strong acting all around (Jack Palance is amazing). Inventive use of distorted colors and changing camera speeds. A few moments get a bit precious, but generally one of the best uses I've seen of a slightly surreal style to tell a very touching, human story - an overweight, depressed Bavarian housewife is left stranded in the southwest desert by her husband, and slowly finds herself, and a home among the odd characters who live and work at the Bagdad Cafe.

    This is a case where brave film-making enhances rather than distracts from emotional involvement. The basic theme (we're all weird, and we all need somewhere to fit in) is nothing new, but the approach here makes it delightful and fresh.

    The original 15 minute longer 'director's cut' available on European DVDs does add some nice details, moments and filling out of characters. The film works fine in its shorter US version, and the Italian DVD of the director's cut I got was frustrating in that it had a a weaker visual transfer than the US DVD, and there were Italian subtitles you couldn't turn off, but I was glad to see it, and overall it's an even stronger film with the original material added back in.
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    • runamokprods
    • May 18, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 22, 1988 (United States)
      • West Germany
      • English
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Bagdad Cafe - 46548 National Trails Highway, Newberry Springs, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Pelemele Film
      • Pro-ject Filmproduktion
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Dolby SR

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