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.

Christopher Isherwood
Self - Interviewee

Claudio Arrau
Self - Interviewee

Louise Brooks
Self - Interviewee

Lotte Eisner
Self - Interviewee

Elisabeth Bergner
Self - Interviewee
Gary Conklin
Narrator and interviewer

Johannes Heesters
Self - Interviewee
Carl Zuckmayer
Self - Interviewee
Mischa Spoliansky
Self - Interviewee

Leni Riefenstahl
Self - Interviewee

Christopher Isherwood
Self - Interviewee

Claudio Arrau
Self - Interviewee

Louise Brooks
Self - Interviewee

Lotte Eisner
Self - Interviewee

Elisabeth Bergner
Self - Interviewee
Gary Conklin
Narrator and interviewer

Johannes Heesters
Self - Interviewee
Carl Zuckmayer
Self - Interviewee
Mischa Spoliansky
Self - Interviewee

Leni Riefenstahl
Self - Interviewee