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| Directed by | Benjamin Cantu |
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| Music by | Uno Helmersson |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
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Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate is a 2023 documentary film directed by Benjamin Cantu.[2][3][4]
Synopsis
[edit]The film is about the lives of LGBT people in the Weimar Republic and during the reign of Nazi Germany. The documentary film explores the titular Eldorado, a queer night club in Berlin. The film discusses queer figures in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s, such as Ernst Röhm, Magnus Hirschfeld, Gottfried von Cramm, Manasse Herbst, Charlotte Charlaque, and Toni Ebel.[3] The film includes interviews with Walter Arlen, who grew up as a young gay Jew in Interwar Austria,[5] and discusses the use of Paragraph 175 in Weimar Germany, in Nazi Germany and, in narrative closing credits, in post-War West Germany.
Critical reception
[edit]Edge Media Network wrote "For anyone who wants the kind of understanding and perspective that the past offers us, Eldorado – Everything the Nazis Hate is an accessible, potent slice of history we'd do better to avoid repeating".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate". BBFC. June 27, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Stream It or Skip It: Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate on Netflix is a Glitzy Doc about Queer Love in Tragic Times". Decider. June 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Vogner, Chris (June 29, 2023). "Netflix Exposes the Secret Gay History of Nazi Germany". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Pener, Degen (June 17, 2023). "Rock Hudson and George Michael Spotlights Lead a Wave of LGBTQ-Themed Documentaries This Summer". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Kramer, Gary M. (June 23, 2023). "Eldorado documentary explores LGBTQ+ Weimar Germany". Philadelphia Gay News. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ Melloy, Kilian (June 27, 2023). "Review: Eldorado – Everything the Nazis Hate Recreates a Moment of LGBTQ+ Liberation". Edge Media Network.
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