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Percy Adlon is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Allemand born on 1 june 1935 at Munich (German)

Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon
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Birth name Paul Rudolf Parsifal Adlon
Nationality German
Birth 1 june 1935 at Munich (German)
Death 10 march 2024 (at 88 years)
Awards Bavarian Order of Merit

Percy Adlon (born 1 June 1935) is a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film Bagdad Café aka Out of Rosenheim.

Biography

Fils d'un chanteur d'opéra et d'une membre de la famille des hôteliers Adlon de Berlin, Percy Adlon commence une carrière au théâtre puis devient animateur de radio, spécialisé dans les sujets littéraires. Dans les années 1970, il se tourne vers la télévision et réalise des documentaires. Son premier long métrage, Céleste, sort en 1981.

Best films

Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe
(1987)
(Director)

Usually with

Marianne Sägebrecht
Marianne Sägebrecht
(2 films)
Monica Calhoun
Monica Calhoun
(2 films)
Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes
(2 films)
Kane Hodder
Kane Hodder
(1 films)
Frank Silva
Frank Silva
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Percy Adlon (7 films)

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Director

Younger and Younger
Younger and Younger (1993)
, 1h39
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser, Sally Kellerman, Julie Delpy, Lolita Davidovich, Linda Hunt
Rating49% 2.45962.45962.45962.45962.4596
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility. He has a strained relationship with wife Penny, a plain and skittish woman who is startled by a noise Jonathan makes and dies from a heart attack.
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
, 1h36
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold, John Hawkes, Alex Winter
Rating58% 2.9007252.9007252.9007252.9007252.900725
Rosalie Greenspace is an expedite German woman living in rural Arkansas with her eccentric American husband Ray, who works as a crop-duster airplane pilot. They have seven children: Schnucki, the eldest son who is a US Army soldier stationed out of state; Barbara, the eldest daughter who is a good natured overachieving college student, Schatzi, an underachieving high school student, Kindi, a flamboyant gourmet cook, two teenage twin girls who are never named, and Herzi, the youngest child. Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. Every day she goes on lavish shopping sprees in the nearby small town of Stuttgart (the same same of her hometown in Germany) where she forges checks, uses false credit cards, and other means to supplement her livelihood with purchases of fancy foods for Kindi to cook and various clothing and appliances for her large house. A devout Catholic, she has a twisted view on religion when she goes every day to a small church and confesses her sins of stealing and swindling to a local priest, believing that if she confesses her crimes to her priest, her "sins" will not become sins anymore.
Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
, 1h35
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Political films
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, George Aguilar
Rating73% 3.6968253.6968253.6968253.6968253.696825
German tourist Jasmin Münchgstettner (Sägebrecht) from Rosenheim and her husband fight whilst they are driving across the desert. She storms out of the car and makes her way to the isolated truck stop, which is run by the tough-as-nails and short-tempered Brenda (Pounder), whose own husband, after an argument out front, is soon to leave as well. Jasmin takes a room at the adjacent motel. Initially suspicious of the foreigner, Brenda eventually befriends Jasmin and allows her to work at the café.
Céleste
Céleste (1981)
, 1h47
Directed by Percy Adlon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Eva Mattes
Rating67% 3.379423.379423.379423.379423.37942
Titre : Céleste Titre original : Celeste

Scriptwriter

Younger and Younger
Younger and Younger (1993)
, 1h39
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser, Sally Kellerman, Julie Delpy, Lolita Davidovich, Linda Hunt
Roles Ecrivain
Rating49% 2.45962.45962.45962.45962.4596
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility. He has a strained relationship with wife Penny, a plain and skittish woman who is startled by a noise Jonathan makes and dies from a heart attack.
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
, 1h36
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold, John Hawkes, Alex Winter
Rating58% 2.9007252.9007252.9007252.9007252.900725
Rosalie Greenspace is an expedite German woman living in rural Arkansas with her eccentric American husband Ray, who works as a crop-duster airplane pilot. They have seven children: Schnucki, the eldest son who is a US Army soldier stationed out of state; Barbara, the eldest daughter who is a good natured overachieving college student, Schatzi, an underachieving high school student, Kindi, a flamboyant gourmet cook, two teenage twin girls who are never named, and Herzi, the youngest child. Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. Every day she goes on lavish shopping sprees in the nearby small town of Stuttgart (the same same of her hometown in Germany) where she forges checks, uses false credit cards, and other means to supplement her livelihood with purchases of fancy foods for Kindi to cook and various clothing and appliances for her large house. A devout Catholic, she has a twisted view on religion when she goes every day to a small church and confesses her sins of stealing and swindling to a local priest, believing that if she confesses her crimes to her priest, her "sins" will not become sins anymore.
Babycakes
Babycakes (1989)
, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ricki Lake, Craig Sheffer, Paul Benedict, John Karlen, Betty Buckley, Deborah Foreman
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating66% 3.348883.348883.348883.348883.34888
Obese mortuary cosmetician Grace Hart (Ricki Lake) rides the subway everyday. Her somewhat unhappy existence is noted as she shops in a department store with her best friend, Keri (Nada Despotovich), and is rudely asked to please look at their "Large Ladies Department". That same night she and Keri are at a local skating ring when a young, attractive, amateur ice skater, Rob (Craig Sheffer), catches Grace's eye; she claims that he is the most beautiful man she has ever laid eyes on.
Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
, 1h35
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Political films
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, George Aguilar
Rating73% 3.6968253.6968253.6968253.6968253.696825
German tourist Jasmin Münchgstettner (Sägebrecht) from Rosenheim and her husband fight whilst they are driving across the desert. She storms out of the car and makes her way to the isolated truck stop, which is run by the tough-as-nails and short-tempered Brenda (Pounder), whose own husband, after an argument out front, is soon to leave as well. Jasmin takes a room at the adjacent motel. Initially suspicious of the foreigner, Brenda eventually befriends Jasmin and allows her to work at the café.
Céleste
Céleste (1981)
, 1h47
Directed by Percy Adlon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Eva Mattes
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.379423.379423.379423.379423.37942
Titre : Céleste Titre original : Celeste

Producer

Younger and Younger
Younger and Younger (1993)
, 1h39
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser, Sally Kellerman, Julie Delpy, Lolita Davidovich, Linda Hunt
Roles Producer
Rating49% 2.45962.45962.45962.45962.4596
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility. He has a strained relationship with wife Penny, a plain and skittish woman who is startled by a noise Jonathan makes and dies from a heart attack.
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
, 1h36
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold, John Hawkes, Alex Winter
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.9007252.9007252.9007252.9007252.900725
Rosalie Greenspace is an expedite German woman living in rural Arkansas with her eccentric American husband Ray, who works as a crop-duster airplane pilot. They have seven children: Schnucki, the eldest son who is a US Army soldier stationed out of state; Barbara, the eldest daughter who is a good natured overachieving college student, Schatzi, an underachieving high school student, Kindi, a flamboyant gourmet cook, two teenage twin girls who are never named, and Herzi, the youngest child. Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. Every day she goes on lavish shopping sprees in the nearby small town of Stuttgart (the same same of her hometown in Germany) where she forges checks, uses false credit cards, and other means to supplement her livelihood with purchases of fancy foods for Kindi to cook and various clothing and appliances for her large house. A devout Catholic, she has a twisted view on religion when she goes every day to a small church and confesses her sins of stealing and swindling to a local priest, believing that if she confesses her crimes to her priest, her "sins" will not become sins anymore.
Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
, 1h35
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Political films
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, George Aguilar
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.6968253.6968253.6968253.6968253.696825
German tourist Jasmin Münchgstettner (Sägebrecht) from Rosenheim and her husband fight whilst they are driving across the desert. She storms out of the car and makes her way to the isolated truck stop, which is run by the tough-as-nails and short-tempered Brenda (Pounder), whose own husband, after an argument out front, is soon to leave as well. Jasmin takes a room at the adjacent motel. Initially suspicious of the foreigner, Brenda eventually befriends Jasmin and allows her to work at the café.