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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

 1991
 101 minutes (1 hrs 41 mins)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Simon Callow

Starring

Vanessa Redgrave · Keith Carradine · Cork Hubbert · Rod Steiger · Austin Pendleton · Beth Dixon

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 1st June 1991
Germany release date Germany release: 25th April 1991
France release date France release: 26th August 1992

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 3rd May '91
  • Debut position: 10
  • Highest position: 10
  • Debut gross: £83.2 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 3rd May '91
  • Debut position: 17
  • Highest position: 17
  • Debut gross: $2.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

3 May, 1991
10
10 May, 1991
12
17 May, 1991
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

M

Tous publics

12

16

M/16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £228.2 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $184.9 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $536.2 Thousand

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Last viewed:
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News from around the web
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)  IMDb Thu, 25th June 2026

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)  IMDb Sun, 7th June 2026

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)  IMDb Thu, 2nd April 2026

Grotesques  The New Yorker Mon, 13th May 1991

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Edward Albee: a life in pictures  The Guardian Sat, 17th September 2016