Bagdad Cafe was the first American film made by German director Percy Adlon. Casting his German star, the flamboyantly overweight Marianne Sägebrecht to lead an otherwise all-American cast, notably Jack Palance and CCH Pounder, he came up with a truly magical movie.
Sägebrecht is a Bavarian tourist, dumped in the Mojave desert by her unpleasant husband. She finds her way to the dilapidated motel of the title, settles in, and transforms the place and its no-hope inhabitants.
The film was released in West Germany as Out of Rosenheim.
Jasmin Münchgstettner
Marianne Sägebrecht Rudi Cox
Jack Palance Brenda
CCH Pounder Debby
Christine Kaufmann Phyllis
Monica Calhoun Salomo
Darron Flagg Cahuenga
George Aguilar Sal
G. Smokey Campbell Münchgstettner
Hans Stadlbauer Eric
Alan S. Craig Sheriff Arnie
Apesanahkwat Trucker Ron
Ronald Lee Jarvis Trucker Mark
Mark Daneri Trucker Ray
Ray Young Trucker Gary
Gary Lee Davis
Director Percy Adlon
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