The Galapagos Affair
| The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by |
Daniel Geller Dayna Goldfine |
| Produced by |
Jonathan Dana Daniel Geller Dayna Goldfine Celeste Schaefer Snyder William McComas |
| Written by |
Daniel Geller Dayna Goldfine Celeste Schaefer Snyder |
| Music by | Laura Karpman |
| Cinematography | Daniel Geller |
| Edited by | Bill Webber |
Production company |
Geller/Goldfine Productions |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
Release dates | |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $247,159 (USA)[1] |
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden is a 2013 feature-length documentary directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. It is about a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s among the largely European expatriate residents at the time. The voice cast includes Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Josh Radnor and Gustaf Skarsgård.[2]
It features the 1934 silent film The Empress of Floreana in its entirety, but the four-minute short is split into halves.[3]
Cast
- Cate Blanchett as Dore Strauch
- Sebastian Koch as Heinz Wittmer
- Thomas Kretschmann as Friedrich Ritter
- Diane Kruger as Margaret Wittmer
- Connie Nielsen as Baroness Von Wagner
- Josh Radnor as John Garth
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Rolf Blomberg
Release
The film premiered at the 40th Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2013. It was an official selection of the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 12, 2013 and Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2014.[4][5] It opened theatrically in the US on April 4, 2014.[2]
Critical response
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden received generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 82% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 49 reviews.[6] Metacritic reported the film had a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 20 reviews.[7]
References
- ↑ The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden at Box Office Mojo
- 1 2 "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden". Zeitgeist Films. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ "'The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden' review". SF Gate. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN". ticketcentral.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ "THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
External links
- The Galapagos Affair at the Internet Movie Database
- Q&A with directors at HamptonsFilmFest.org