Leb wohl, Berlin

A melancholic farewell to a lost world: cosmopolitan, libertine, glamorous, and decadent - with photographic precision, Christopher Isherwood captures the last days of the Weimar Republic in Berlin and paints unforgettable portraits of the people who cross his path, each more different than the last: two young men who are fatally dependent on each other, a wealthy Jewish family unwilling to acknowledge the impending disaster, and numerous members of the underworld, including the irresistibly carefree Sally Bowles, who is unparalleled in literature. In the background, the Nazis are already marching in. However, Isherwood's characters turn a blind eye to the looming catastrophe and celebrate themselves to the point of madness.