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Cabaret

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
55K
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Cabaret (1972)
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A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
55K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,989
79
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    • Director
      • Bob Fosse
    • Writers
      • Joe Masteroff(based on the musical play "Cabaret" book by)
      • John Van Druten(based on the play by)
      • Christopher Isherwood(stories)
    • Stars
      • Liza Minnelli
      • Michael York
      • Helmut Griem
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Bob Fosse
    • Writers
      • Joe Masteroff(based on the musical play "Cabaret" book by)
      • John Van Druten(based on the play by)
      • Christopher Isherwood(stories)
    • Stars
      • Liza Minnelli
      • Michael York
      • Helmut Griem
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 224User reviews
    • 107Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
    • Won 8 Oscars
      • 39 wins & 18 nominations total

    Videos5

    Cabaret
    Trailer 2:59
    Cabaret
    Cabaret
    Trailer 2:51
    Cabaret
    'Cabaret' | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:42
    'Cabaret' | Anniversary Mashup
    Cabaret
    Clip 0:31
    Cabaret
    "You" Star James Scully Can't Get Enough of This Animated Show
    Full Episode 3:51
    "You" Star James Scully Can't Get Enough of This Animated Show

    Photos151

    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Michael York, Helmut Griem, and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Michael York, Helmut Griem, and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)
    Joel Grey in Cabaret (1972)
    Liza Minnelli in Cabaret (1972)

    Top cast

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    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
    • Fraulein Schneider
    Helen Vita
    Helen Vita
    • Fraulein Kost
    Sigrid von Richthofen
    • Fraulein Mayr
    • (as Sigrid Von Richthofen)
    Gerd Vespermann
    • Bobby
    Ralf Wolter
    • Herr Ludwig
    Georg Hartmann
    • Willi
    Ricky Renée
    • Elke
    • (as Ricky Renee)
    Estrongo Nachama
    • Cantor
    Kathryn Doby
    • Kit-Kat Dancer
    Inge Jaeger
    • Kit-Kat Dancer
    Angelika Koch
    • Kit-Kat Dancer
    Helen Velkovorska
    • Kit-Kat Dancer
    • Director
      • Bob Fosse
    • Writers
      • Joe Masteroff(based on the musical play "Cabaret" book by)
      • John Van Druten(based on the play by)
      • Christopher Isherwood(stories)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      English author Christopher Isherwood, who created the character of Sally Bowles for a 1937 novella, enjoyed the attention the movie brought to his career, but he felt Liza Minnelli was too talented for the role. According to him, Sally Bowles was based upon Jean Ross, a 19-year-old amateur singer who lived under the delusion that she had star quality, the antithesis of "Judy Garland's daughter".
    • Goofs
      When Brian thrusts the plate of cake at Sally, the cake slides off the plate and slips down to her lap. In the next shot the cake is up on her chest.
    • Quotes

      Brian: Screw Maximilian!

      Sally: I do.

      Brian: So do I.

      Sally: You two bastards!

      Brian: Two? Two? Shouldn't that be three?

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Berlin 1931
    • Alternate versions
      In the film's first telecast, on ABC-TV, all reference to Max's bisexuality was edited out, changing the motivation one of the other characters completely.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Recreation of an Era (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Willkommen
      ("Welcome")

      Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb

      Sung by Joel Grey

    User reviews224

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Perfect On All Levels
    On a historical level, a personal-story level, and as pure entertainment "Cabaret" works perfectly. The scene is Berlin, Germany, only two years before Hitler would come to total power. It is the Berlin that Christopher Isherwood lived in and wrote about: poverty, drug and alcohol escapism, criminals, sleazebags, fighting in the streets, venereal disease, the prostitution of both sexes, the desperation to escape through the film industry, the temporary escape from the harshness of life in "naughty" nightclubs like The Kit Kat Club, which encapsulates it all. It's a bad scene, and a good example of, perhaps, why so many Germans felt in need of a Hitler. There's not a single verbal reference to Hitler, and yet the presence of the growing Nazi movement all around these decadent misfits is ever present in this film. But you can't blame any of these apolitical people for that. Liza Minelli and Michael York's characters are so needy, so desperate just to find some personal happiness in life. They can't be bothered with what's going on in the bigger picture. Except for the Master Of Ceremonies at the Club: Joel Grey's character is a semi-supernatural all-seeing character, mocking, seeming to somehow know EXACTLY the further destruction Germany's headed for. His scary all-knowing grinning face pops in regularly to remind us. The musical number "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" is so effective an illustration of the appeal this new Nazi hope held for impoverished suffering Germans, and yet we have The Master Of Ceremonies' evil nodding grin to remind us, in retrospect, what it really led to.Just as every musical number (aside from being so beautifully choreographed and presented) reminds us of the desperation in Sally Bowles' life and in most of Germany. "Money Makes The World Go Around" is a perfect musical number, and so illustrative of the horrendous financial state of Germany at the time. Joel Grey's raunchy "Two Ladies" on the Kit Kat stage to the hysterical delight of the decadent crowd reminds us that all sexual propriety has broken down (including in the lives of the main characters, now involved in a threeway with one of the few Germans who still has some wealth intact). Everyone who wants an example of the artistic heights that film can reach should see "Cabaret".
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    • joe7
    • Nov 20, 1999

    FAQ4

    • What is the meaning behind the angry looks that Max gives to Brian as Brian gets out of the car?
    • Where was the movie shot?
    • In the 'Tomorrrow Belongs to Me' scene, why does the old man look annoyed?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Hebrew
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Кабаре
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Allied Artists Pictures
      • ABC Pictures
      • A Feuer and Martin Production
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,745
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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