“Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate” is a documentary directed by Benjamin Cantu and written by Benjamin Cantu, Felix Kriegsheim, and Matt Lambert.
Eldorado was a Berlin club created in the 1920s where freedom was everything, a place where the queer community socialized, connected, and, above all, had a great time.
As its exterior sign proclaimed, “here, anything goes. This documentary captures the charm of the 1920s and shows us a Berlin that is far from what we imagine – a Berlin with nearly 100 clubs dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community.
The film narrates Berlin before Hitler’s rise to power and the subsequent persecution that took place. Berlin was the capital of freedom and liberties, but also of sin. Through the lens of the most spectacular cabaret of the time, this documentary unveils a piece of history and sheds light on a reality that, although existing, seems silenced by later events.
Yes, there is already a movie on the subject (Cabaret, 1972) that depicts the atmosphere, but this documentary takes us through excellent recreations of that era and how, even back then, individuals underwent “sex reassignment surgeries” (a novelty for the time).
The documentary blends dramatizations with archival footage to create a fantastic first part, preparing us for the subsequent horror that unfolds in the second part (you can imagine the rise of the Nazis to power).
It is a superb documentary that tells us something that, although present, is often overshadowed by the immense horror and disasters of the catastrophic Second World War.
This excellently filmed documentary features renowned testimonies and provides us with a clear understanding of what happened.
Don’t miss it.
Our Opinion
An outstanding documentary that skillfully portrays the contradictions of a pre-war era and exposes a reality that, silenced by subsequent catastrophes, deserves to be remembered.
Release date
28 de junio
