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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h

Summary Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden is a fascinating documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Florea...

Directed By: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

Written By: Celeste Schaefer Snyder, Dore Strauch, Margret Wittmer, Friedrich Ritter, Hinz Wittmer, John Garth, Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.9
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Summary Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden is a fascinating documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Florea...

Directed By: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

Written By: Celeste Schaefer Snyder, Dore Strauch, Margret Wittmer, Friedrich Ritter, Hinz Wittmer, John Garth, Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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100
Apr 10, 2014
There's nothing like a good story, and The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden has a great one that grabs viewers from the first minute and holds on for two solid hours.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
88
May 9, 2014
A dazzling documentary.
By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 21, 2014
After building up a narrative head of steam, the film relaxes too much back into expository documentary form. What might have been thrilling is merely entirely engrossing.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 14, 2014
What should be a gripping, true crime/mystery story gets often bogged down by a lack of focus from filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller, who don't always realize the central saga can stand well enough on its own.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
63
May 8, 2014
The Galapagos Affair spins a strange and compelling tale, with perfectly sinister music by Laura Karpman setting the mood. But the movie is better at building suspense than following through.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 1, 2014
All of this is fascinating in the moment, yet the doc never yokes all these threads into anything particularly deep or illuminating. The Galapagos Affair is less social commentary, more gossip.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 2, 2014
Panning across still photos and scouring island maps like Ken Burns hunting for treasure, Geller and Goldfine (Ballets Russes) whittle a truly insane murder mystery into a competent artifact for Weird History buffs.
By Andrew Lapin FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.9
67% Positive
6 Ratings
11% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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11% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company Geller/Goldfine Productions
Release Date Apr 4, 2014
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/thegalapagosaffairmovie
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Awards

Sheffield International Documentary Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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