Cabaret
1972 · Movie · PG · 124 min · ★ 7.4 · 86% critics
Set in 1931 Berlin, a singer and an emcee draw audiences into the Kit Kat Club’s decadent show nights, even as their personal lives tangle and shift. Outside the club, a political movement rises into a dangerous force, turning the escape of performance into something darker lurking beneath.
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-02-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (976 votes)
- Box office
- $41,401,689
- Budget
- $4,600,000
About
You’ll like Cabaret if you enjoy bold, colorful musical entertainment with an ominous backdrop and emotionally charged tension in Berlin’s nightlife; Not for you if you want a purely upbeat musical like Hair or Newsies: The Broadway Musical.
Pros: bold cabaret numbers; standout lead performance; memorable emcee presence | Cons: unsettling darkness; polarizing story; mixed viewer empathy
Themes
- berlin, germany
- nazi
- entertainer
- cabaret
- bisexuality
- musical
- based on play or musical
- hitler youth
- fireplace
- based on short story
- lgbt
- baron love
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1973
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- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1973
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1972
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1973 · nominated
Cast & crew
Liza Minnelli
as Sally Bowles
Michael York
as Brian Roberts
Helmut Griem
as Maximilian von Heune
Joel Grey
as Master of Ceremonies
Fritz Wepper
as Fritz Wendel
Marisa Berenson
as Natalia Landauer
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
as Fräulein Schneider
Helen Vita
as Fräulein Kost
Sigrid von Richthofen
as Fräulein Mayr
- GV
Gerd Vespermann
as Bobby
Directed by Bob Fosse