Comedy drama starring Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder and Jack Palance. After a row with her husband, a German tourist is stranded at a run-down motel in the wilds of Arizona. Overcoming her distaste for the dust and the coffee, Jasmin discovers a new life with the motley dropouts who frequent the Bagdad Café.
Co-written and co-produced with his wife Eleanore and starring his regular favourite Marianne Sägebrecht, German director Percy Adlon's first American feature is a hypnotic blend of feminist fantasy and Capra-esque feel-good. Set in a run-down diner in the middle of the Arizona desert, the action centres on the impact Sägebrecht has on the claustrophobic local community, in particular on café boss CCH Pounder and an ageing hippy artist, played with an instinctive comic touch by the undervalued Jack Palance. Although there are some shrewd asides on racial friction, this is still the kind of gentle comedy you can simply sink into your armchair and enjoy.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Jasmin Münchgstettner | Marianne Sägebrecht |
| Brenda | C C H Pounder |
| Rudi Cox | Jack Palance |
| Debby | Christine Kaufmann |
| Phyllis | Monica Calhoun |
| Sal Junior | Darron Flagg |
| Cahuenga | George Aquilar |
| Sal | G Smokey Campbell |
| Münchgstettner | Hans Stadlbauer |
| Eric | Alan S Craig |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Percy Adlon |
