This film surveys the history of Germany's political systems from Charlemagne to modern times, looking at the regional differences that were the inheritance of the independent states of the 18th century and considering the 19th-century wars of unification, World War I, and Nazism.
| Editing | John Farr | Editor |
| Directing | Clive Rees | Director |
| Writing | Clive Rees | Writer |
| Camera | Peter Jessop | Director of Photography |
| Production | G. Buckland Smith | Producer |
