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 Hollywood.
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
Documentary about the American actress Jane Russell.
Documentary about Italian cinema.
Documentary about the history of German television.
Documentary about the Wu-Tang Clan.
Documentary about the American actor Rod Steiger.
Harold Nebenzal talks about his career.
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
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.
Paintings and poetry about the end of it all.
Documentary about American gangster movies.
The daughter of a gangster tries to seduce her driver.
Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'
Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts Hans Werner Henze's opera "Der Prinz von Homburg".
Documentary about Hollywood.
Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their perspectives.