Raphaela Film

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.

Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their perspectives.

Starting out as e-mail pen pals, Daniel and Laura soon fall in love. Only problem is that she lives in Germany and he lives in Los Angeles. When they finally arrange to meet in person, they discover that there is no chemistry between them.

Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.

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.

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

Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

Documentary about Hollywood.

The German producer Bernd Eichinger talks about his career.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

Four mythical stories in a contemporary way.

Documentary about American gangster movies.