Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Christopher Isherwood as Self - Interviewee
- Claudio Arrau as Self - Interviewee
- Louise Brooks as Self - Interviewee
- Lotte Eisner as Self - Interviewee
- Elisabeth Bergner as Self - Interviewee
- Gary Conklin as Narrator and interviewer
- Johannes Heesters as Self - Interviewee
- Carl Zuckmayer as Self - Interviewee
- Mischa Spoliansky as Self - Interviewee
- Leni Riefenstahl as Self - Interviewee
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