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.
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.
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