West Germany,
1987, 108 min
(Alternative: 95 min)
Directed by:
Percy AdlonScreenplay:
Percy AdlonCinematography:
Bernd HeinlComposer:
Bob TelsonCast:
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, George Aguilar, Ray Young, Apesanahkwat, Darron Flagg, G. Smokey Campbell (more)Plots(1)
A fat Bavarian tourist (Marianne Sagebrecht) is dumped by her husband in the Arizona Desert and arrives, on foot and overdressed, at a truck-stop called the Bagdad Cafe. There she finds friendship with the initially irritable black owner (CCH Pounder) and something like romance with the resident weirdo artist (Jack Palance). (Arrow Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1989 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1989 - Percy Adlon (Best International Film)
César Awards
- 1989 - Best Foreign Film
- 1989 - Best Film of the European Community
German Film Awards
- 1988 - Next Best Feature Film
- 1988 - Marianne Sägebrecht (Best Female Lead)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 1989 - Percy Adlon (Best Foreign Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 1987 - Percy Adlon (Best Foreign Film)
Amanda Awards
- 1989 - Percy Adlon (Best Foreign Language Film)