Raphaela Film Movies

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.

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

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...

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The...

Schmidt follows the 27 miles of the “street of life” to Pacific Palisades, where the boulevard ends at the ocean. While interviews with...

Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about Hollywood stars, paparazzis and professional photographers.

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

Documentary about the Wu-Tang Clan.

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

Female fans are flocking to pop star Nik's feet. But when he announces that he is madly in love with Sarah and wants to marry her, there is an outcry...

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

Documentary about Carrol Baker and her 50 years of movies, shows and more.

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...

Documentary about American gangster movies.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.