Bagdad Cafe
E1031641
Bagdad Cafe is a 1987 cult-favorite comedy-drama film set in a remote Mojave Desert truck stop, known for its quirky characters and offbeat charm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bagdad Cafe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13258062 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bagdad Cafe Context triple: [CCH Pounder, notableWork, Bagdad Cafe]
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A.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
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B.
Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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C.
Carnation Café
Carnation Café is a classic table-service restaurant in Disneyland known for its nostalgic Main Street ambiance and traditional American comfort food.
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D.
Turkish Café
"Turkish Café" is a 1914 Expressionist painting by German artist August Macke that depicts a vibrant, stylized café scene inspired by his travels in North Africa.
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E.
The Café Scene
The Café Scene is a painting by French artist Henri Gervex that vividly captures the lively social atmosphere of a Parisian café in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bagdad Cafe Target entity description: Bagdad Cafe is a 1987 cult-favorite comedy-drama film set in a remote Mojave Desert truck stop, known for its quirky characters and offbeat charm.
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A.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
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B.
Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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C.
Carnation Café
Carnation Café is a classic table-service restaurant in Disneyland known for its nostalgic Main Street ambiance and traditional American comfort food.
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D.
Turkish Café
"Turkish Café" is a 1914 Expressionist painting by German artist August Macke that depicts a vibrant, stylized café scene inspired by his travels in North Africa.
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E.
The Café Scene
The Café Scene is a painting by French artist Henri Gervex that vividly captures the lively social atmosphere of a Parisian café in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Out of Rosenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | short film "Bagdad Cafe" (concept expanded from Percy Adlon’s earlier work) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bernd Heinl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Percy Adlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Norbert Herzner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Newberry Springs, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
CCH Pounder
NERFINISHED
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Christine Kaufmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Darron Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ George Aguilar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Palance NERFINISHED ⓘ Marianne Sägebrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Monica Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brenda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jasmin Münchgstettner NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudi Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation | Bagdad Cafe (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
Brenda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jasmin Münchgstettner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bob Telson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | relationship between a German tourist and a truck stop owner ⓘ |
| notableSong | "Calling You" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| posterTagline | A little desert motel. A strange German lady. A surprising friendship. ⓘ |
| producer |
Eleonore Adlon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Percy Adlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 95 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
California
NERFINISHED
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Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ remote truck stop ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural differences
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friendship ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
| writer |
Eleonore Adlon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Percy Adlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bagdad Cafe Description of subject: Bagdad Cafe is a 1987 cult-favorite comedy-drama film set in a remote Mojave Desert truck stop, known for its quirky characters and offbeat charm.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.