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....

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

The German director Percy Adlon talks about his career.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

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

Harold Nebenzal talks about his career.

Documentary about American gangster movies.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

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

A sixteen-year-old girl is selected by a matchmaking computer to become the wife of a 35-year-old star photographer.

A poetic trip to the dreams and nightmares of Generation Z.

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

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about the German director Uli Edel

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

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

Hollywood Boulevard as the location of an emotional shotdown.

T. finds a letter. Instead of just dropping it in a mailbox, he decides, conscientious as he is, to deliver it personally. He wanders the entire...