THE BIG EDEN

Rolf Eden is Germany’s last playboy. As “king of disco” he launched the first beauty contests and striptease in prudish West Germany. Father of seven children from 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, and his girlfriend is younger than his grandchild. It is not only his eccentric glitzy lifestyle that continues to irritate as much as it humours the public; the real provocation derives from his militant cheerfulness: “I was only ever lucky, no downs, no hick-ups, never any real trouble, only up, up, up until today.”In this third part of his trilogy about egodriven men, Peter Dörfler takes a look at the biography of a man who invented himself sixty years ago and looms large in the history of city’s colourful nightlife.

On October 28, 11:30 pm the film will be shown in the following version: HDCAM OmeU (instead 35mm OmdU)