Eckhart Schmidt Movies

A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats...

The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans....

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

In an apocalyptic future world, a young upper class couple is visiting an exhibition of surrealistic paintings, presented by a group of young...

Documentary about Hollywood.

The young Munich sensational reporter Raoul Miller has attacked a lot of people in his cocaine report, who now take terrible revenge: they kill his...

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

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...

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.

The history of italo disco, a musical genre that conquered the world during the incredible eighties, the most cybernetic decade; a style that was not...

Teenager Raphaela was born blind into a wealthy, material focused family. Her father escapes reality into an affair with his secretary while her...

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 Hollywood.

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

Documentary about Italian cinema.

The German director Percy Adlon talks about his career.

Budd Boetticher talks about the Ranown Cycle, a collection of low-budget westerns of the late 1950s.

A movie by Eckhart Schmidt using the pseudonym Raoul Sternberg.

The beautiful Raphaela is the dream girl of Alpha City, a decadent metropolis. The rather naive Frank falls in love with this very woman, who shows...