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