The life and career of author, historian, and film critic Lotte Eisner are documented. Eisner recalls her childhood in Germany, and talks aout her friendships with famed directors F.W. Murnau and Fritz Lang. She discusses German Expressionist cinema, and how she relocated to France in 1933 in anticipation of World War II.

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together with Henri Langlois, she founded the Cinémathèque Française with the goal of saving from destruction films, costumes, sets, posters, and other treasures of the 7th Art. A Jew exiled in Paris, she became a pillar of the capital's cultural scene, where she promoted German cinema.