FILM DIRECTOR

Percy Adlon

1935 - 2024

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Paul Rudolf Parsifal "Percy" Adlon (German: [ˈpɛʁsi 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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Adlon is the 686th most popular film director (up from 896th in 2019), the 3,638th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,218th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Percy Adlon ranks 686 out of 2,041. Before him are Christopher Doyle, Karl Freund, Fedor Ozep, Vilgot Sjöman, David Silverman, and E. A. Dupont. After him are Giuliano Montaldo, Claude Pinoteau, Fred Niblo, Larry Clark, Enzo G. Castellari, and Bob Rafelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Percy Adlon ranks 229. Before him are Vladica Popović, Ghita Nørby, Armando Picchi, Dragan Tomić, Fortunato Baldelli, and Julio Jaramillo. After him are Eulogio Martínez, Susan Brownmiller, Željko Matuš, Fernando del Paso, Giovanna Ralli, and Diahann Carroll. Among people deceased in 2024, Percy Adlon ranks 245. Before him are Alan Rees, Willie Mays, Silvio Santos, Rachid Mekhloufi, Léon Semmeling, and Robert Paul. After him are Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Christian Oliver, Zakir Hussain, Yehuda Bauer, Wayne Kramer, and Günter Brus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Percy Adlon ranks 3,640 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Binding (1841), Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829), Julius Klengel (1859), Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), and E. A. Dupont (1891). After him are Yaakov Litzman (1948), Wolf Hoffmann (1959), Joseph Wendel (1901), Pief Panofsky (1919), Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712), and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (1630).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Percy Adlon ranks 34. Before him are Tom Tykwer (1965), Arnold Fanck (1889), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Bernd Eichinger (1949), and E. A. Dupont (1891). After him are Herbert Selpin (1904), Peter Stein (1937), Konrad Wolf (1925), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Fatih Akin (1973), and Wolfgang Staudte (1906).

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