Menu
© 2026 The Couch Critic
Browse 164 movies from 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?
Jan 1998
Documentary about Hollywood.
Jan 2004
Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their perspectives.
Oct 1997
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.
Jul 1998
Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.
Jan 2016
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.
Dec 2004
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
Apr 1997
Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'
Sep 2005
Oct 2009
Oct 2011
Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.
Jan 2007
What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.
Jul 2007
Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
Feb 2010
Feb 2013
The German producer Bernd Eichinger talks about his career.
Jan 2011
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
Mar 1996
Dec 1997
Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.
Four mythical stories in a contemporary way.
Nov 2018
Documentary about American gangster movies.
Dec 2008