The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature, film, art, and music during the period. It includes interviews with Christopher Isherwood, Louise Brooks, Lotte Eisner, Elisabeth Bergner, Francis Lederer, Carl Zuckmayer, Gregor Piatigorsky, Claudio Arrau, Rudolf Kolisch, Mischa Spoliansky, Herbert Bayer, Mrs. Walter Gropius, and Arthur Koestler.
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Cast
Christopher Isherwood
Self - Interviewee
Claudio Arrau
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Louise Brooks
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Lotte Eisner
Self - Interviewee
Elisabeth Bergner
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Gary Conklin
Narrator and interviewer
Johannes Heesters
Self - Interviewee
Carl Zuckmayer
Self - Interviewee
Mischa Spoliansky
Self - Interviewee
Leni Riefenstahl
Self - Interviewee
Gregor Piatigorsky
Self - Interviewee
Francis Lederer
Self - Interviewee
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