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Percy Adlon is a German director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his films Bagdad Café (1987), Salmonberries (1991), and Sugarbaby (1985). He was born on 1 June 1935 in Munich, Germany.
Adlon studied at the Academy of Television and Film in Munich, and began his career as a director in the late 1960s. He has directed numerous films, television movies, and television series, including the popular television series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (A Castle on the Wörthersee).
Adlon has won numerous awards for his work, including the Bavarian Film Award, the German Film Award, and the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film Bagdad Café.
Adlon is married to Eleonore Adlon, and they have two children, Felix and Celeste. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
| Popular As |
Paul Rudolf Parsifal Adlon |
| Occupation |
director,writer,producer |
| Age |
88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
1 June, 1935 |
| Birthday |
1 June |
| Birthplace |
Munich, Germany |
| Nationality |
Germany |
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Percy Adlon Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Percy Adlon's Wife?
His wife is Eleonore Adlon
| Family |
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| Wife |
Eleonore Adlon |
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| Children |
Felix O. Adlon |
Percy Adlon Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Percy Adlon worth at the age of 88 years old? Percy Adlon’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from Germany. We have estimated
Percy Adlon's net worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Director |
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Timeline
It premiered on July 6, 2004, at the Barcelona Teatre Musical.
Remembering his roots in theater, in 2002 Percy Adlon directed Donizetti's Elisir d'Amore at the State Opera unter den Linden, Berlin, followed in March 2004 by the world premiere of Wilfried Hiller's opera Wolkenstein at the State Opera Nuernberg, Germany. Percy and Eleonore Adlon's recent work also includes their own adaptation of Bagdad Cafe for the stage as a musical. Music by Bob Telson.
Percy and Eleonore Adlon live in Pacific Palisades, California, working together with their son Felix whose first feature film "Eat Your Heart Out" (1997) they produced with their US company Leora Films. Felix was also the lead in the Adlons' docu-fantasy "The Glamorous World of the Adlon Hotel". (Bavarian TV award).
In 1997 Percy Adlon started working with a digital camera. He filmed a three hour special about the draftsman Tomi Ungerer for ARTE; Mozart's "Magic Flute" with images of today's Berlin; Esa-Pekka Salonen and the LA Phil; 22 short films based on unknown masterpieces by Johann Strauss, Jr. ; a 90 minute film about his past and present relationship with his hometown Munich, "Mein Munchen", and he completed his tenth feature film "Hawaiian Gardens" and a documentary Koenig's Sphere - the story of the monumental world trade center sculpture that was damaged but not destroyed in the 9/11 attack.
Member of the 'Dramatic' jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993.
"Bagdad Cafe", 1987, started their co-operation with Dietrich v. Watzdorf (Bayerischer Rundfunk) The story of Jasmin Münchgstettner and the Cafe owner Brenda became a symbol of friendship and warmth, and is loved all over the globe.
Their first feature film "Celeste", drew international attention at Cannes in 1981.
Marianne Sägebrecht whom Percy Adlon discovered in 1979 became a cult figure, and Bob Telson's song "Calling You" a classic.
Percy and Eleonore Adlon formed their film production company, pelemele FILM GmbH, in 1978. Their first project was the docu-drama "The Guardian and his Poet" about the Swiss poet Robert Walser for which they won 2 Adolf-Grimme Awards in Gold (best writer/director, best actor).
In 1970 he made his first short film for the Bavarian Television, followed by more than 150 documentary films about art and the human condition. His first one-hour portrait "Tomi Ungerer's Landleben" started a very successful co-operation with Benigna von Keyserlingk who became the Adlon's television producer of documentaries and feature films.
Percy Adlon is best known for his film "Bagdad Cafe" aka "Out of Rosenheim. " He was born on June 1, 1935 in Munich, the son of Paul Rudolf Laubenthal, a prominent opera singer, and Susanne Adlon, and grew up in Ammerland/Starnbergersee, in the Bavarian countryside. He studied art and theater history, and German literature at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilian University, took acting and singing classes, and was a member of the student theater group. He started his professional career as an actor, became interested in radio work, was a narrator and editor of literature series and a presenter and voice-over actor in television for 10 years.
