Bagdad Cafe Movie Review 1988

A large German woman, played by Sagebrecht, finds herself stranded in the Mojave desert after her husband dumps her on the side of the highway. She encounters a rundown cafe where she becomes involved with the off-beat residents. A hilarious story in which the strange people and the absurdity of their situations are treated kindly and not made to seem ridiculous. Spawned a short-lived TV series with Whoopi Goldberg.

Distribution

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, Phone: (773)281-9075, Toll-free: 800-331-6197, Fax: (773)929-5437, Email: sales@facets.org, URL: http://www.facets.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure

Screenplay

Percy Adlon, Eleonore Adlon

Cast

Marianne Saegebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg

Cinematography

Bernd Heinl

Director

Percy Adlon

Music

Bob Telson

Producer

Percy Adlon, Pro-ject Filmproductions, Pelemele Film GmbH, Eleonore Adlon, Island Pictures

Awards

Cesar 1989: Foreign Film.