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Percy Adlon is best known for his film "Bagdad Cafe" aka "Out of Rosenheim." He was born on June 1, 1935 in Munich, the son of Paul Rudolf Laubenthal, a prominent opera singer, and Susanne Adlon, and grew up in Ammerland/Starnbergersee, in the Bavarian countryside. He studied art and theater history, and German literature at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilian University, took acting and singing classes, and was a member of the student theater group. He started his professional career as an actor, became interested in radio work, was a narrator and editor of literature series and a presenter and voice-over actor in television for 10 years.
In 1970 he made his first short film for the Bavarian Television, followed by more than 150 documentary films about art and the human condition. His first one-hour portrait "Tomi Ungerer's Landleben" started a very successful co-operation with Benigna von Keyserlingk who became the Adlon's television producer of documentaries and feature films.
Percy and Eleonore Adlon formed their film production company, pelemele FILM GmbH, in 1978. Their first project was the docu-drama "The Guardian and his Poet" about the Swiss poet Robert Walser for which they won 2 Adolf-Grimme Awards in Gold (best writer/director, best actor). Their first feature film "Celeste", drew international attention at Cannes in 1981. "Bagdad Cafe", 1987, started their co-operation with Dietrich v. Watzdorf (Bayerischer Rundfunk) The story of Jasmin Münchgstettner and the Cafe owner Brenda became a symbol of friendship and warmth, and is loved all over the globe. Marianne Sägebrecht whom Percy Adlon discovered in 1979 became a cult figure, and Bob Telson's song "Calling You" a classic.
Percy and Eleonore Adlon live in Pacific Palisades, California, working together with their son Felix whose first feature film "Eat Your Heart Out" (1997) they produced with their US company Leora Films. Felix was also the lead in the Adlons' docu-fantasy "The Glamorous World of the Adlon Hotel". (Bavarian TV award).
In 1997 Percy Adlon started working with a digital camera. He filmed a three hour special about the draftsman Tomi Ungerer for ARTE; Mozart's "Magic Flute" with images of today's Berlin; Esa-Pekka Salonen and the LA Phil; 22 short films based on unknown masterpieces by Johann Strauss, Jr.; a 90 minute film about his past and present relationship with his hometown Munich, "Mein Munchen", and he completed his tenth feature film "Hawaiian Gardens" and a documentary Koenig's Sphere - the story of the monumental world trade center sculpture that was damaged but not destroyed in the 9/11 attack.
Remembering his roots in theater, in 2002 Percy Adlon directed Donizetti's Elisir d'Amore at the State Opera unter den Linden, Berlin, followed in March 2004 by the world premiere of Wilfried Hiller's opera Wolkenstein at the State Opera Nuernberg, Germany.
Percy and Eleonore Adlon's recent work also includes their own adaptation of Bagdad Cafe for the stage as a musical. Music by Bob Telson. It premiered on July 6, 2004, at the Barcelona Teatre Musical. In 2007, the Adlons completed "Orbela's People", a documentary about a time with a Maasai family in Ngorongoro, Tanzania.
Percy Adlon is the recipient of the Officer's Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Bavarian Order of Merit. He is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Director
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Jerry Foley is best known as the Director and Supervising Producer of The Late Show with David Letterman and Executive Producer/Director of the Live on Letterman concert series. As a network Technical Director, Foley moved from NBC to CBS with David Letterman in 1993. In June of 1995, he succeeded Hal Gurnee as Director of the Late Show. After leaving Late Show for about a month in 2003, Foley returned as Director and was named Supervising Producer. He produced and directed the America Salutes You benefit concert for the Tribune/Sinclair networks in November of 2016. In December of 2016, he directed the NBC prime time special Tony Bennett Celebrates 90-The Best Is Yet To Come. Jerry Foley has also directed episodes of The View and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. After directing an off-Broadway presentation of Dorothy Dandridge-Hollywood's Sepia Goddess for The Amas Musical Theater group, Foley directed the ABC series Sundays With Alec Baldwin (fall 2018). Jerry Foley has received thirteen directing Emmy nominations.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Born Prestatyn, North Wales in 1957. Educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, England. 1976 Signed to ATV Music 1978 Musical Director of Rocky Horror Show in London West End. 1983 In the musical group "The Waterboys" Waterboys CDs: 1984:A Pagan Place, 1985:This is The Sea. 1985 Left "The Waterboys" and formed "World Party" World Party Discography: 1986:Private Revolution 1990:Goodbye Jumbo 1993: Bang! 1997:Egyptology 2000: Dumbing Up Grammy nomination: 1990 for Goodbye Jumbo UK Q Award for album of the year (Readers Vote): 1990: Goodbye Jumbo Misc: 1988: Opened Seaview Studios in London England 1994: Score for Reality Bites (1994) Has contributed songs (original and cover versions) to many films including: Clueless (1995) _Armageddon (1998)_ _The MatchMaker (1997)_ Say It Isn't So (2001) _Sidewalks Of New York (2001)_ amongst others. Cover Versions: 2000: She's The One (written originally for the film of the same name) taken to Number #1 in UK by Robbie Williams. 2001: Founding Seaview Television- a production company for Film, Video and Music. 2002: Produced first World Party DVD entitled "'til I Got You"- Animation Department
- Additional Crew
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mutsumi Inomata was born on 23 December 1960 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is known for Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991), Tekken 6 (2007) and GoShogun (1982). She died on 10 March 2024 in Japan.- Gigio Morra was born on 27 August 1945 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Gomorrah (2008), Detective Montalbano (1999) and La famiglia (2016). He was married to Lucia Mandarini. He died on 10 March 2024 in Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Kostadinka Velkovska was born on 3 July 1949 in Skopje, Macedonia. She was an actress, known for Zlocin u skoli (1982), Zakon! (2009) and Bravo maestro (1978). She was married to Branko Turkovic, Dubravko Sidor, Damir Pokrajac and Zoran Brajsa. She died on 10 March 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
T.M. Stevens was born on 28 July 1951 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Top of the Pops (1964), Limousine Drive (2000) and Joe Cocker: Unchain My Heart (1987). He died on 10 March 2024 in the USA.- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Galina Yatskina was born on 16 June 1944 in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Republic of Dagestan, Russia]. She was an actress and director, known for Pod solntsem (2004), Slovo dlya zashchity (1977) and Polovodye (1963). She died on 10 March 2024.- Roger Noel Cook was born on 18 June 1946 in England. Roger Noel was a writer, known for Doctor Who: Dark Days (2020). Roger Noel was married to Elaine. Roger Noel died on 10 March 2024 in Marabella, Spain.
- Svetlana Morgunova was born on 7 March 1940. She was an actress, known for Za vsyo v otvete (1973), Zdravstvuy, malchik Bananan! (1990) and Pole Chudes (1990). She died on 10 March 2024 in Moscow, Russia.
- Paul Nelson was born in New York, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty (2014) and Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2016). He died on 10 March 2024 in the USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Konstanty Ciciszwili was born on 3 November 1937 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]. He was a director and actor, known for Iluzja (1966), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 10 March 2024.- Yutaka Yoshie was born on 5 January 1974 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. He died on 10 March 2024 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Hodges was born on 31 March 1972 in Covina, California, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Crosscut (1995), Rescue Me (1992) and White Mile (1994). He was married to Rhonda Rex . He died on 10 March 2024 in Douglas, Wyoming, USA.- He was a U.N. diplomat whose negotiations helped resolve some of the worst international crises of the 1980s and 1990s, including the Iran-Iraq war and the kidnappings of Westerners, including Terry Anderson, by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
He studied political science at the University of Padua, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the universities of Prague and Amsterdam. - Stephen Linnard was born on 26 March 1959 in Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK. He died on 10 March 2024 in London, England, UK.
- Oleg Ryabtsov was born on 28 July 1939 in Ivanovo, USSR. He was an actor, known for Russkie dengy (2006). He died on 10 March 2024.