The Big Eden

The Big Eden

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 8, 2011

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.

The Big Eden

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 8, 2011

The Big Eden
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.
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Strandfilm-Produktions GmbH
Original title The Big Eden
Directors Peter Dörfler
Writers

Cast

Rolf Eden

as Himself

Ursula Buchfellner

as Herself

Menahem Golan

as Himself

Yoram Kaniuk

as Himself

Ingrid Steeger

as Herself

Udo Walz

as Himself

Kim Fisher

as Herself