Bagdad Cafe Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Percy Adlon
Genres: Comedy Drama
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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. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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