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 the director Budd Boetticher.

Documentary about Italian cinema.

Once before, the ravishing lake mermaid Undine has warned her lover Raoul. Their humid-romantic fairy-tale love is in danger because Raoul's brother wants to destroy the pristine mountain lake idyll with an ambitious hotel project. Undine defends her paradise. She is alluring, but also perverse and unpredictable. She can give a lot of love, but she can also kill.

Documentary about Ray Bradbury

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary about James Ellroy

Adaptation of 'The Flying Dutchman', recorded at the Bavarian State Opera.

Documentary about Hollywood stars, paparazzis and professional photographers.

Stories of passion and fun about a new generation.

A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.

Documentary about the American author Hubert Selby Jr.

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...

Documentary about the dark side of Los Angeles.

A selfie-film.

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

Documentary about Hollywood.

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