Hildegard Knef: world star, style icon, grand dame of chanson, last German diva, opinionated, controversial, mirror and antithesis of her time. As an actress, singer and author, she celebrated international successes, experienced crushing defeats and was creatively active for more than five decades. This cinematic autobiography presents the image of a highly talented, ambitious, laconic and sharp-witted woman who showed the world how to survive fame and defeat, told via archive footage.