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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 .. Read more

Starring	Marianne Sagebrecht, C.C.H. Pounder, Jack Palance, Monica Calhoun
Director	Percy Adlon, Percy Adlon
Genres	Comedy

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- A radiant, oddball comedy-drama about the relationship that develops between a fat Bavarian tourist (SÃgebrecht), an... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  Bagdad Cafe
  
  Jasmin,leaves her husband in the middle of the Mojave Desert with only a suitcase and walks to the Bagdad Cafe. Mix a plump Bavarian woman wound tighter than a ... read more »
  
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  - Cornwall
  - 25 Aug 2004 at 09:37
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- - 5
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  Baghdad Cafe
  
  This is one of the most oddly entertaining and thought provoking films I have seen in a long time. I would highly recommend it!
  
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  - St. Austell
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 12:15
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  Bagdad cafe
  
  A great quirky film with a terrific performance from the lead actress and a very good supporting cast. It made me laugh.
  
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  - Southampton
  - 28 Jan 2009 at 15:27
- - 2
  - 2
  Extremely Slow Moving Film
  
  My husband gave up on this film after 45 minutes. I continued watching it because it was so different. But according to me, nothing ever happened. If there was ... read more »
  
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  - Hove
  - 22 Dec 2008 at 10:44
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  - 0
  Brilliant!
  
  I was recommended this film by a close friend. At the beginning there is a dialogue in German and I thought I had the language set wrong - but no, it soon ... read more »
  
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- - CromartyJohn
  - 4 reviews
  - Cromarty, Scotland
  - 09 Aug 2008 at 20:14
- - 4
  - 0
  I love this one.
  
  The best way I can review this is by imagining a scene:
  
  I'm stranded on a desert island.......suddenly I see a footprint in the sand......is this... read more »
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 20:57
- - 0
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  Somewhere theres a place for us
  
  This is not your film if you like action. However if you like strong, quirky and endearing characters in a slow pace world where one ... read more »
  
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- - Avanti
  - 31 reviews
  - Dorset
  - 20 Jan 2007 at 09:48
- - 1
  - 1
  Simply magic!
  
  This is a beautiful, tender, wonderfully directed film. It kept surprising me and is truly magic from beginning to end (you'll see why I say that!)
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  - sailonby
  - 93 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 25 Jan 2006 at 22:33
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  Great quirky ambient film
  
  This is a tonic for those who like me get tired with the usual Hollywood fair.
  
  Great set, quirky and original screenplay. Humourous and sweet. Great ... read more »
  
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  - Bedfordshire
  - 14 Dec 2005 at 18:15
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  Feel good
  
  How wonderful - like a fairytail. Magical
  
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  - Worcester
  - 05 Nov 2005 at 17:31
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  what a choice!
  
  it has been a long time since I have seen such a good film. the story, the setting, everything left to the minimum...but the people and their characters are ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Oct 2005 at 16:31
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  Bagdad Cafe
  
  Jasmin,leaves her husband in the middle of the Mojave Desert with only a suitcase and walks to the Bagdad Cafe. Mix a plump Bavarian woman wound tighter than a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 15899
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  - a customer
  - Cornwall
  - 25 Aug 2004 at 09:37
- - 8
  - 1
  Touching
  
  Bagdad Cafe is the kind of Movie that comes along once a year if you are lukcy and touches the very core of you.
  
  A simple story of two woman at polar... read more »
  
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- - nazarella
  - London
  - 13 Nov 2003 at 12:43
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  - 3
  A mistake!
  
  We bought the Radio Times Film Guide 2005 for Christmas and are working our way through the unusual sounding - and often foreign - 4 and 5 star films.
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- - crispin40
  - 529 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 22 May 2005 at 20:11
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  - 4
  Censorship ruins films
  
  Unfortunately this 87m version of BC loses the complete thread of the original 118m film.
  
  For reasons that are beyond me the scenes that make this ... read more »
  
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- - Chorley
  - Oxfordshire
  - 31 Mar 2004 at 14:12
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  - 0
  Baghdad Cafe
  
  This is one of the most oddly entertaining and thought provoking films I have seen in a long time. I would highly recommend it!
  
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  - St. Austell
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 12:15
- - 4
  - 0
  I love this one.
  
  The best way I can review this is by imagining a scene:
  
  I'm stranded on a desert island.......suddenly I see a footprint in the sand......is this... read more »
  
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- 520364
- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 20:57
- - 3
  - 0
  Quite simply....
  
  One of the best films I could ever have hoped to see. Charming and essential.
  
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- - Beel
  - 45 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 16 Jun 2005 at 11:24
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  - 1
  Charming
  
  This is a slow moving film that will reward you if, you too, remain calm and laconic. I think eventually you'll remember it as a warm film!
  
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- - peadar99
  - ashton-u-lyne
  - 04 Oct 2005 at 22:55
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  what a choice!
  
  it has been a long time since I have seen such a good film. the story, the setting, everything left to the minimum...but the people and their characters are ... read more »
  
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- 157792
- - a customer
  - england
  - 06 Oct 2005 at 16:31
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  Feel good
  
  How wonderful - like a fairytail. Magical
  
  Report this review
- 170483
- - a customer
  - Worcester
  - 05 Nov 2005 at 17:31

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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....