“Eldorado KaDeWe – Jetzt ist unsere Zeit” is a gripping epic series about a friendship between four dissimilar young people who make a vow after a night of drinking: They will never let their chance at happiness pass them by!
Das Erste will show all 6 episodes of the series in an event program on 27 December 2021 at 8:15 pm. The epic series is already available on demand in the ARD Mediathek.
Hedi (Valerie Stoll), a saleswoman in the clothing department, and Fritzi (Lia von Blarer), the daughter of KaDeWe owner Adolf Jandorf, have a magical encounter during a robbery at KaDeWe. It is love at first sight: Against all social and family resistance, the two dissimilar young women begin a passionate relationship. At the same time, Fritzi’s older brother Harry (Joel Basman), a war returnee, is fighting for his father’s approval as the new junior manager of KaDeWe – and against his own despair. At Harry’s side, placed in front of him by his father, is the authorized signatory Georg (Damian Thüne), who has worked his way up from poor circumstances to the management level of KaDeWe. Georg, of all people, will play a decisive role in the fate of the department store…
“Eldorado KaDeWe” is a Constantin Television and UFA Fiction production in co-production with ARD Degeto and RBB. The series is produced by Sarah Kirkegaard and Alicia Remirez, executive producers are Oliver Berben and Benjamin Benedict. It is directed by Julia von Heinz, who also wrote the screenplay together with John Quester, Sabine Steyer-Violet and Oskar Sulowski. Daniela Knapp is responsible for the camera.
ARD Degeto’s Carolin Haasis and Christoph Pellander are in charge of the editorial side, while Kerstin Freels and Martina Zöllner are responsible for RBB. Fremantle is responsible for world sales. Eldorado KaDeWe” is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF), German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF) and Hungarian Tax Credit.