Eckhart Schmidt Movies

The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews...

Robert Sigl talks about his career.

Silent film about five girls, dealing with the dream of beauty, despair of revolution, broken Gretchen love, absurd self-discovery, and on the heels...

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

Stories of passion and fun about a new generation.

Laura works in a café in Sunset Plaza and lives in the Saharan Motel on Sunset Boulevard. She falls in love with the young writer Raoul. While...

In "La vita nova" Dante writes about his love he experienced with Beatrice, his muse. He never talked to her, he never kissed her. Here is the story...

Peter Kraus talks about his career.

As people overrun tourist attractions, the inherent beauty crumbles to dust.

Documentary about the German opera singer Kurt Moll.

A film by Eckhart Schmidt made in Venice that plays experimentally with image and sound.

Four mythical stories in a contemporary way.

Documentary about Los Angeles.

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts Hans Werner Henze's opera "Der Prinz von Homburg".

Actresses from different countries perform myths.

A man and a woman spending an anfternoon seperately.

Documentary about the dark side of Los Angeles.

Harold Nebenzal talks about his career.

The poems of the Bavarian King about love and death and the beauty of Italy.

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...