Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)

Directed by

Gary Conklin

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary from 1976 interviews artists, writers, and musicians who lived in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. They recall the city's cultural scene in the years before Nazi rule ended it.

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What happens

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture is a documentary film produced and directed by Gary Conklin, and released in 1976. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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