The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

2014,

2h 0m,

Drama/

Biography/

Crime

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83%

53 Reviews

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62%

1,000+ Ratings

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83%

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62%

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Dr. Friedrich Ritter and his lover Dore Strauch have their idyllic lives on an island invaded by a baroness and her two young lovers.

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Critics Consensus

It doesn't quite live up to its marvelously lurid premise, but The Galapagos Affair is still stranger than fiction in a very entertaining way.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

Jul 31, 2014

The wealth of letters and journals, read by a strong cast that includes Diane Kruger and Connie Nielsen, provides an instant emotional charge.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Jul 25, 2014

4/5

To make a thrilling documentary about the past, you need dead people who were honest or creative in ways you can exploit. This extraordinary film, which deconstructs a murder mystery from the Thirties, has such people in spades.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jul 24, 2014

3/5

Quite a few pounds of fat could have been cut from this film, but it's a remarkable tale.

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Robin Holabird

Robin Holabird

Aug 24, 2021

The two-hour documentary provides plenty of background information for a stop on Floreana...

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Elissa Suh

StageBuddy.com

Mar 16, 2020

The film builds tension slowly and steadily and shows the stuff of true crime in an exotic land. The directors resist sensationalizing, and instead mete out the story in thorough--perhaps too thorough-- details.

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Ben Nicholson

CineVue

Apr 3, 2019

3/5

A real-life whodunnit provides a riveting narrative backbone, but despite some juicy melodrama, this languid doc never quite lives up the intrigue of its central conundrum.

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Harry L

Dec 4, 2017

Interesting story of life at the edge of the earth, but it kind of peters out rather than ending.

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Daniel Geller

Director

Dayna Goldfine

Director

Cate Blanchett

Dore Strauch

Thomas Kretschmann

Friedrich Ritter

Josh Radnor

John Garth

Diane Kruger

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Synopsis

Dr. Friedrich Ritter and his lover Dore Strauch have their idyllic lives on an island invaded by a baroness and her two young lovers.

Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Producer: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Screenwriter: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Production Co: Geller/Goldfine Productions
Genre: Drama, Biography, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $247.2K
Runtime: 2h 0m

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