Raphaela Film

Four mythical stories in a contemporary way.

Paintings and poetry about the end of it all.

A teenage tragedy, shot at Munich's most famous places.

A Fotovision movie by Eckhart Schmidt

Girls in L.A., Rome and Munich tell their fake stories as if they were true stories.

Inspired by Titian's painting of the same name, the film tells the dramatic-grotesque story of two friends. A dazzling ritual of good and evil, and in the end, earthly love may be more heavenly than heavenly love.

Daniel and Clara are on a vacation in Italy. In the form of the mysterious "Sandman" Coppola, a figure from Daniel's childhood, returns to haunt him, while he succumbs to an obsessive love with an enigmatic woman of strange beauty: Olympia, who might be far more than she first appears to be...

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.

Six young men are disturbed by their girlfriends while looking for adventures in Munich after their discharge from the Bundeswehr.

Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

The German producer Bernd Eichinger talks about his career.

Documentary about the German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch.

A poetic trip to lost dreams.

Schmidt follows the 27 miles of the “street of life” to Pacific Palisades, where the boulevard ends at the ocean. While interviews with celebrities from show and film document the well-known glamorous side of Sunset Boulevard, Schmidt also witnesses the transformation in the wake of a gigantic investment boom