Bagdad Cafe (1987) Apr 2026

: While the town of Bagdad, CA is now a ghost town, the movie was filmed at the Sidewinder Cafe in Newberry Springs. Following the film's success, the real cafe renamed itself Bagdad Cafe and remains a popular tourist stop.

The 1987 film Bagdad Cafe (originally titled Out of Rosenheim ) is a whimsical, cult-classic comedy-drama directed by Percy Adlon. It tells a heartwarming story of transformation and unlikely friendship set against the desolate backdrop of the Mojave Desert. Bagdad Cafe (1987)

The film begins on a lonely stretch of Route 66, where a stout German tourist named (Marianne Sägebrecht) has a blowout argument with her husband and decides to walk away into the shimmering desert heat. : While the town of Bagdad, CA is