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Cabaret

Cabaret

Music · Romance · Drama · 1972

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

Movie details

Cabaret

“Life is a Cabaret.”

1972 Music · Romance · Drama 2h 4m

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Bob Fosse

Written by

Jay Presson Allen

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Sally Bowles

Michael York

Michael York

Brian Roberts

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Maximilian von Heune

Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Master of Ceremonies

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wendel

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Natalia Landauer

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Fräulein Schneider

Court is in session

Put Cabaret on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.