The Big Eden (2011)

  • NR
  • 12/08/2011 (DE)
  • Documentary, Drama
  • 1h 30m

Germany’s last playboy

Overview

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.

Peter Dörfler

Director

Cast

Rolf Eden's headshot

Rolf Eden

Himself
Ursula Buchfellner's headshot

Ursula Buchfellner

Herself
Menahem Golan's headshot

Menahem Golan

Himself
Yoram Kaniuk's headshot

Yoram Kaniuk

Himself
Ingrid Steeger's headshot

Ingrid Steeger

Herself
Udo Walz's headshot

Udo Walz

Himself
Kim Fisher's headshot

Kim Fisher

Herself

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