German filmmakers vs Hollywood: who sold their soul and who kept the sauerkraut?
Direction
Schmidt's insider access gets directors spilling tea they probably regret.
Production
Raw 90s interview aesthetics—no polish, just nervous German filmmakers.
Director
Eckhart Schmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eckhart Schmidt was himself a genre director who made cult films like 'Der Fan'—this documentary is partly his own reckoning with the choices he didn't make.
This was filmed right after 'Schindler's List' made Hollywood suddenly interested in 'serious' German stories, but German directors still couldn't get arrested for comedies.
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