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The Württembergische Staatstheater Stuttgart is the largest three-part theater in the world.
Eight venues are available for ballet, opera and drama.
Esther Schweins introduces the former royal court theater, which was built between 1909 and 1912 by the Munich architect Max Littmann as a double theater with an opera house and a playhouse.
In recent years, the Stuttgart State Opera has repeatedly been voted Germany's "Opera House of the Year".
The Stuttgart Ballet achieved world fame under John Cranko, who died in 1973, and the drama department has made a name for itself with innovative, spectacular productions.
Claus Peymann, director of the Schauspiel 1974-1979, attracted attention not only with his theater work.
He attracted particular protest with his appeal for donations for the dental treatment of RAF terrorist Gudrun Ensslin, who was imprisoned in Stuttgart Stammheim, which was pinned to the theater's notice board.
In addition to Claus Peymann, former Lord Mayor Manfred Rommel, actor Traugott Buhre, acting director Friedrich Schirmer and opera director Klaus Zehelein have their say and talk about the special significance of the state theater in "Schwabenländle".
Archive footage with production excerpts from Oskar Schlemmer's "Triadic Ballet", Martin Kusej's sensational "King Arthur" or John Cranko's choreographies provide an insight.
And ballet director Reid Anderson talks about the spirit of Cranko that can still be felt today.
