Memories of Berlin - Twilight of Weimar Culture

During the brief period of 15 years following the WWI and ending with the rise to power of Hitler in 1933, despite economic and political upheavals, Berlin the newly emancipated capital of the Weimar Republic, attracted artistic and scientific talents from all over the country of this century not only for moral freedom, but also for artistic freedom. This film, based on interviews and archival materials, tells of the twilights of this unique and flourishing point in time in the cultural history of Germany.