Raphaela Film

A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police report states: probable suicide. But there are many things that point to murder: a corpse draped too beautifully, an investigation that was cut short, evidence that disappeared. Plus Marilyn's affairs with the then US President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby. What really happened on that fateful summer night? After her housekeeper discovers the body, six hours pass before the police are called. She finds a beautifully draped corpse, sleeping pills in the blood but no pill residue in the stomach, witnesses who seem uncertain. The first investigator thinks about murder - and is taken off the case. Today no police files can be found.

Documentary about Italian cinema.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

A teenage tragedy, shot at Munich's most famous places.

Documentary about Hollywood stars, paparazzis and professional photographers.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary about Ray Bradbury

Third part of Eckhart Schmidt's TreCamerone-trilogy.

Documentary about the director Budd Boetticher.

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

The love goddess tries it in Trieste.

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

Documentary about Hollywood.

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 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

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 by Eckhart Schmidt.