Café Oriental
Café Oriental is a 1962 German musical comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elke Sommer, Jerome Courtland, Trude Herr, and Bill Ramsey.[1]
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| Directed by | Rudolf Schündler |
| Written by | Janne Furch |
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| Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
| Edited by | Waltraut Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Gert Wilden |
Production company | Alfa Film |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs-Gemeinschaft |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.
Plot
Several students at a music college, as well as a waiter and a housekeeper have enjoyed an unusual inheritance, the Café Allotria. The inheritance has only one catch: the café is hopelessly over-indebted. The bailiff is the only permanent guest in the somewhat run-down and boring place.
The community of heirs has an idea: why not spice up and refurbish the café by offering a music combo that really stirs up the dancing audience? The café will be thoroughly renovated and changed, will be given a Middle Eastern touch and will be called "Café Oriental" from now on. The bailiff, an enthusiastic jazz trumpeter, is also involved. The store soon became a hot spot for music lovers and dance fans.
Finally, the love that develops between the protagonists Sylvia, a student of classical music, and Michael, a hit star, as well as Sylvia's housekeeper Valentine and the manager Bill, is not neglected.
Cast
- Elke Sommer as Sylvia
- Jerome Courtland as Michael
- Trude Herr as Valentine
- Bill Ramsey as Bill
- Walter Gross as Prof. Marhold
- Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Gerichtsvollzieher
- Barbara Saade as Lilo
- Jonny Buchardt as Albert
- Jean Thomé as Tommy
- Bruno Fritz as Papa Bröseke
- Claus Wilcke as Peter
- Klaus Dahlen as Gert
- Walo Lüönd as Ludwig
- Astrid Haik as Erika
- Peggy Brown as Sängerin, herself
- Gus Backus as Sänger, Himself
- Jimmy Makulis as Sänger, himself
- Rex Gildo as Sänger, himself
- Constanze Vernon as Solotänzerin
- Jürgen Feindt as Solotänzer
References
Bibliography
- Segrave, Kerry; Martin, Linda (1990). The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era—Biographies, Criticism, Filmographies, Bibliographies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-510-7.