Bagdad Cafe 1987  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Out of Rosenheim
Director: Percy Adlon
Cast: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aquilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, Ray Young, Mark Daneri, Gary Lee Davis, Ronald Lee Jarvis
During a trip to the California Desert, a Bavarian couple–Jasmin (Marianne Sagebrecht) and her husband (Hans Stadlbauer)–runs into problems, and Jasmin leaves her husband. After roaming across the desert, Jasmin ends up at the Bagdad Cafe where she is befriended by the manager, Brenda (CCH Pounder). Jasmin and Brenda become best friends and turn the decrepit Bagdad Cafe into a popular spot that features Jasmine as its star performer–and she catches the eye of artist Rudy Cox (Jack Palance) who wants to paint Jasmine's portrait.
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Salmonberries 1991   R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Percy Adlon
Cast: K.D. Lang, Rosel Zech, Oscar Kawagley, Chuck Connors, Jane Lind, Wolfgang Steinberg, Eugene Omiak, Wayne Waterman, Alvira H. Downey, Christel Merian
Kotzebue (singer k.d. lang in her first film) is a tough, Alaskan pipeline worker. She falls in love with the town's librarian, Roswitha (Rosel Zech), an East German immigrant who can't get over the loss of her husband when he was shot as they attempted to flee over the Berlin Wall. Though Roswitha resists physical love, she and Kotzebue help each other in dealing with the past. 1 User Review
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| | Beautiful, poignant film | ladygrape 11/15/2009 | | Haunting music. a must see |
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| 1. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
aka: Out of Rosenheim
2. Salmonberries (1991)
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