Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon
Born
Paul Rudolf Parsifal Adlon

(1935-06-01)1 June 1935
Munich, Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Died10 March 2024(2024-03-10) (aged 88)
Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1975–2024
SpouseEleonore Adlon[1]
Children1
RelativesLorenz Adlon (great-grandfather)
Pamela Adlon (former-daughter-in-law)
Gideon Adlon (granddaughter)
Odessa A'zion (granddaughter)

Paul Rudolf Parsifal "Percy" Adlon (German: [ˈpɛɐ̯si ˈaːdlɔn]; 1 June 1935 – 10 March 2024) was a German director, screenwriter, and producer. He is associated with the New German Cinema movement (ca. 1965–1985), and is known for his strong female characters and positive portrayals of lesbian relationships.[2][3] He is best known for his 1987 film Bagdad Cafe, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder and Jack Palance and subsequent films such as Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989), Salmonberries (1991) and Younger and Younger (1993). Adlon's films were shown in competition regularly at international film festivals, such as the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and others.

  1. ^ PercyAdlon.com Official bio
  2. ^ Hans Günther Pflaum; Hans Helmut Prinzler (1993). Cinema in the Federal Republic of Germany: The New German Film, Origins and Present Situation : with a Section on GDR Cinema : a Handbook (in German). Inter Nationes.
  3. ^ Forde, John (2006). "Percy Adlon". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 12 June 2022.