| Café Oriental | |
| Director: | Rudolf Schündler |
| Music: | Gert Wilden |
| Editing: | Waltraut Wischniewsky |
| Cinematography: | Siegfried Hold |
| Studio: | Alfa Film |
| Distributor: | Deutsche Filmvertriebs-Gemeinschaft |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
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]
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 made 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 motley group of heirs come up with 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.
All the while, love blooms not only between Sylvia, a student of classical music, and Michael, a popular singer, but also between Sylvia's housekeeper Valentine and Bill, the manager.