Eldorado KaDeWe
After World War I, Berlin is a city of two faces. There is political unrest, inflation, a housing shortage, and increasing political radicalization – but also a vibrant nightlife of subcultures, sexual diversity, emancipation, and the search for social utopias. At the centre of all this, like the imaginary land of milk and honey: KaDeWe, Berlin’s internationally famed luxury department store, founded and successfully run by the Jandorfs, a family of Jewish entrepreneurs. In this unique setting, the lives of Hedi, Fritzi, Harry, and Georg become intertwined.
Astonishingly, it is during a robbery at KaDeWe that a magical encounter takes place between Hedi, a saleswoman in the textiles department, and Fritzi, the daughter of KaDeWe owner Adolf Jandorf. It is love at first sight: braving social and family opposition, the two very different young women begin a passionate relationship. At the same time, Fritzi’s older brother Harry, a war veteran, struggles to get his father’s approval as the new junior manager of KaDeWe – and to overcome his own despondency. The current owner of the store is sceptical of Harry’s costly visions and appoints a co-manager, reliable company executive Georg, who has worked his way up at KaDeWe. And Georg, of all people, is the one to play a decisive role in the department store’s fate... But approaching the end of an eventful decade with significant political changes, both the existence of KaDeWe and the four friends’ future is at stake...
Credits
Director
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Hedi Kron
- Fritzi Jandorf
- Harry Jandorf
- Georg
- Elisabeth
- Adolf Jandorf
- Cordula Jandorf
- Moritz Jandorf
- Rüdiger Hartmann
- Mücke Kron
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Script supervisor
Director of photography
Camera operator
Steadycam operator
Colour grading
Still photography
Production design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Synch sound
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Choreographer
Music
Cast
- Hedi Kron
- Fritzi Jandorf
- Harry Jandorf
- Georg
- Elisabeth
- Adolf Jandorf
- Cordula Jandorf
- Moritz Jandorf
- Rüdiger Hartmann
- Mücke Kron
- Rudolf Kron
- Erica
- Karl
- Tietz
- Fanny
- Leni
- Gertraud
- Clara
- Sängerin Anna
- Katz Zwilling
- Manfred Fürstenberg
- Hebamme
- Kurt Sulowski
- Sängerin Callas
- Bankdirektor
- Baronin von Striezow
- Frauenarzt
- Obdachloser
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Executive producer
Line producer
Associate producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Shoot
- 18.05.2021 - 27.08.2021: Budapest und Berlin
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.12.2021, ARD
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Eldorado KaDeWe
- Weiterer Titel (DE) Eldorado KaDeWe – Jetzt ist unsere Zeit
Versions
Original
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.12.2021, ARD
Teilfassung
Aufführung (DE): 24.10.2025, Hof, Internationale Filmtage - Retrospektive [Folge 1]
Aufführung (DE): 24.10.2025, Hof, Internationale Filmtage - Retrospektive [Folge 2]
Aufführung (DE): 24.10.2025, Hof, Internationale Filmtage - Retrospektive [Folge 3]
Awards
- Deutscher Fernsehpreis, Beste Musik Fiktion
- Deutscher Fernsehpreis, Beste Ausstattung Fiktion
- Blauer Panther - TV & Streaming Award, Regie