Bagdad Cafe (1987) ( Out of Rosenheim )

Bagdad Cafe (1987) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Out of Rosenheim
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Percy Adlon

Written By:
Eleonore Adlon
Percy Adlon

Actors:
Marianne Sägebrecht ..... Jasmin Münchgstettner
CCH Pounder ..... Brenda
Jack Palance ..... Rudi Cox
Christine Kaufmann ..... Debby
Monica Calhoun ..... Phyllis
Darron Flagg ..... Salomo
George Aguilar ..... Cahuenga
G. Smokey Campbell ..... Sal
Hans Stadlbauer ..... Münchgstettner
Alan S. Craig ..... Eric
Apesanahkwat ..... Sheriff Arnie
Ronald Lee Jarvis ..... Trucker Ron
Mark Daneri ..... Trucker Mark
Ray Young ..... Trucker Ray
Gary Lee Davis ..... Trucker Gary

Synopsis:

This West German film is set in the California Desert. A husband-and-wife pair of Bavarian tourists become stranded when their car breaks down; after a quarrel, the wife, Marianne Sagebrecht, gathers her luggage and stalks off. She stops at the Bagdad Cafe, a fleapit truckstop run by outspoken C.C.H. Pounder, who is also having husband problems. The Cafe has become a magnet for some of truly odd character: temperamental Hispanic cook George Aguilar, tattoo artist Christine Kaufmann, and onetime Hollywood set designer Jack Palance. Despite obvious personality differences, Sagebrecht and Pounder become friends. Bagdad Cafe was later adapted into a short-lived American sitcom starring Jean Stapleton and Whoopi Goldberg.

Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the minds and lives of some people most of us have met but few of us know much about. This movie exemplifies how one person in the right place can affect a community of lives. The Adlons seem to express the view that all change and "magic" comes from hard work and mutual acceptance. A well-crafted view of the lives of tourists everywhere and the difficulties they can face. A Whimsical and lovingly Photographed look at the vast wasteland that is too often ignored by much of humanity.

Jasmin has a row with her husband in the middle of the desert, and storms off to a truck-stop cafe. She stays there, and starts to make friends with the regulars, including Rudi, an ex-set decorator from Hollywood who wants to paint her picture.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 June, 2015.