Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his past in Nazi Germany as a member of a family of Jewish musicians and the strange history of the Jüdischer Kulturbund, a Jewish organization sponsored by Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels.

Bruno Ganz
as George Goldsmith

Martin Goldsmith
as Self (voice)

Leonard Scheicher
as Young George Goldsmith

Harvey Friedman
as Martin Goldsmith on Set

András Bálint
as Professor Spittel

Dani Levy
as Landlord

Izabella Nagy
as Rosemarie Goldsmith

Fritzi Uhrig
as Girl

Natascha Bub
as Voice (voice)

Cynthia Barcomi
as Voice (voice)