Rent Cabaret (1972)

3.9 of 5 from 229 ratings
1h 59min
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Synopsis:
Cabaret brings 1931 Berlin to life inside and outside the Kit Kat Klub. There, starry eyed American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emee (Joel Grey) sound the call for decadent fun, while in the street the Nazi party is beginning to grow into a brutal political force. Into this heady world arrives British language teacher Brian Robert (Michael York) who falls for Sally's charm and soon, the two of them find themselves embroiled in the turmoil and decadence of the era.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Cy Feuer
Writers:
Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten
Others:
Geoffrey Unsworth, Ralph Burns, David Bretherton, Herbert Strabel, Jurgen Kiebach, Rolf Zehetbauer, Jay Allen, Robert Knudson, David Hildyard, Arthur Piantadosi, Charlotte Flemming, Jay Presson Allen
Studio:
Fremantle
Genres:
Classics, Comedy, Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Music & Musicals, Romance
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Awards:

1973 BAFTA Best Actress

1973 BAFTA Best Sound

1973 BAFTA Best Production Design

1973 BAFTA Best Cinematography

1973 BAFTA Best Direction

1973 BAFTA Best Film

1973 Oscar Best Supporting Actor

1973 Oscar Best Cinematography

1973 Oscar Best Director

1973 Oscar Best Editing

1973 Oscar Best Actress

1973 Oscar Best Art Direction

1973 Oscar Best Sound

1973 Oscar Best Music Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

BBFC:
Release Date:
09/09/2002
Run Time:
119 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • 'Cabaret: A Legend In The Making' Documentary (1997)
  • 'Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery' - reminiscences from the film stars and creators (1997)
  • 'The Re-creation Of An Era' documentary (1972)
  • 1972 Original US Theatrical Trailer
  • Songs Menu
  • Photo Gallery
  • Production Notes and Trivia
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not released
Run Time:
124 minutes
Languages:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour

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Reviews (1) of Cabaret

Doomed Decadence. - Cabaret review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
03/01/2023

There was an unusually tortuous path from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 collection Goodbye to Berlin to the Oscar strewn classic musical Cabaret and many changes made along the way. This film strays from Isherwood's stories, but captures their spirit. There is eloquent work from director Bob Fosse and a fabulous career defining performance from Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, singer in the KitKat Club.

It's a character led drama which places Liza centre stage all the way, performing many legendary ragtime showstoppers including the title number and The Money Song. Michael York is well cast as Sally's inhibited, naive, bisexual English lover, and Joel Grey memorable as the cabaret MC. While the couple live in exile in divine decadence, way off downstage the Nazis are taking over Germany.

The scene where the reality crashes through their delusion is brilliantly conceived by Fosse, with a blond boy singing Tomorrow Belongs to Me in a rural bierkeller, gradually revealed to be Hitler youth, enthusiastically endorsed by the gathered revellers. The tolerance and political satire of the twenties cabaret is now an anomaly.

The weakness is there is little impression of the poverty which was the context for the Nazi's rise to power. But it is frank about the way Sally and her sometime lover lived which wasn't possible in earlier versions. It uses music only where it might naturally occur and the choreography is restricted to the stage. Which helps maintain an impressive impression of social realism.

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