The Big Eden

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The Big Eden (2011)

Directed by Peter Dörfler

“Germany’s last playboy”

Documentary, Drama · 1h 30m

Rolf Eden is Germany’s last playboy. As ‘king of disco’ he launched the first beauty contests popularising DJing and striptease in prudish West Germany. Father of seven children of seven different women, he has danced with the Rolling Stones and Ella Fitzgerald in his clubs. Rolf Eden is a larger than life octogenarian with long, blond hair… his girlfriend is younger than his grandchild. This unflinching conviction was essential for Eden when he, coming from a Jewish background, entered the German entertainment business of the 1950s. Leaving Israel via Paris, he returned to post war Germany to open a nightclub on West Berlin famous Boulevard Kudamm, decidedly blocking out the country’s recent dark history.

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Cast

Rolf Eden Self Ursula Buchfellner Self Menahem Golan Self
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Yoram Kaniuk Self Ingrid Steeger Self Udo Walz Self
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Kim Fisher Self

Crew

Director
Peter Dörfler
Producer
Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter

Details

Release date
2011-12-08
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
German, English, Hebrew
Countries
Germany
Production
Strandfilm, ZDF, ARTE
Budget
$716,000