guest, the German-American Hedwig Leythen (1889–1967), called Hedda, at a New Year's Eve party in the Hotel Adlon, left his wife and children, and in 1922 he married her. It was one of the biggest scandals of Berlin in the 1920s. Tilly moved with her daughter Elisabeth, then two, to the south of Germany, while the other children Susanne Adlon-Meyerhöfer (mother of Percy), Lorenz, and twins Carl and Louis (junior) were sent to boarding school and later all four emigrated to America. Adlon's father was opera tenor Rudolf Laubenthal. He grew up in the Bavarian countryside with his mother Susanne and attributes the strong, often unconventional, women's roles in his films to his being brought up in this manner. His son, Felix, also a film director, is the former husband of American actress Pamela Adlon and the father of her three daughters, including actresses Odessa and Gideon Adlon. Percy and Eleonore Adlon live in Pacific Palisades, California, US. is a half-brother of Percy, 15 years younger and son of Emil Meyerhöfer. Awards Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany 1979 Won, Adolf Grimme Award in Gold Fiction/Entertainment for The Guardian and His Poet (1978). Shared With: Rolf Illig (lead actor) Amanda Awards, Norway 1989 Won, Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) for Bagdad Cafe (1987). Bavarian Film Awards 1988 Won, Bavarian Film Award Best Screenplay (Drehbuchpreis) for Bagdad Cafe (1987). Shared With: Eleonore Adlon 1983 Won, Bavarian Film Award Best Direction (Regiepreis) for Fünf letzte Tage (1982). Bavarian TV Awards 1997 Won, Bavarian TV Award Directing for The Glamorous World of the Adlon Hotel (1996). Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) 1994 Won, Silver Raven for Younger and Younger (1993). Cannes Film Festival 1989 Nominated, Palme d'Or for Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989). Chicago International Film Festival 1984 Nominated, Gold Hugo Best Feature for The Swing (1983). Nominated, Gold Hugo Best Feature for Fünf letzte Tage (1982). Nominated, Gold Hugo Best Feature for Céleste (1980). César Awards, France 1989 Won, César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for Bagdad Cafe (1987). Won, César Best Film of the European Community (Meilleur film de l'Europe communautaire) for Bagdad Cafe (1987). Ernst Lubitsch Award 1988 Won, Ernst Lubitsch Award for Bagdad Cafe (1987). Film Independent Spirit Awards 1989 Nominated, Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film for Bagdad Cafe (1987). French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1989 Won, Critics Award Best Foreign Film for Bagdad Cafe