Cabaret

Name: Cabaret
Director: Bob Fosse
Released: 1972

Bob Fosse

1972

4.00

Synopsis

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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Liza MinnelliSally Bowles
Michael YorkBrian Roberts
Helmut GriemMaximilian von Heune
Joel GreyMaster of Ceremonies
Fritz WepperFritz Wendel
Marisa BerensonNatalia Landauer
Elisabeth Neumann-ViertelFräulein Schneider
Helen VitaFräulein Kost
Sigrid von RichthofenFräulein Mayr
Gerd VespermannBobby

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100
Austin Chronicle
Minnelli and Grey sparkle, and the Fosse flash is everywhere in evidence.
100
TV Guide Magazine
Chilling Fosse vision of Weimar Berlin, stylishly directed and choreographed, featuring a show-stopping musical performance by Minnelli, Grey's unforgettable emcee and thoughtful acting from Michael York.
90
Variety
It is literate, bawdy, sophisticated, sensual, cynical, heart-warming, and disturbingly thought-provoking.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
This is no ordinary musical. Part of its success comes because it doesn't fall for the old cliché that musicals have to make you happy. Instead of cheapening the movie version by lightening its load of despair, director Bob Fosse has gone right to the bleak heart of the material and stayed there well enough to win an Academy Award for Best Director.
80
Empire
It stands as a hugely enjoyable, occasionally chilling, musical.
80
The New York Times
Cabaret is one of those immensely gratifying imperfect works in which from beginning to end you can literally feel a movie coming to life.
70
Chicago Reader
It's entertaining and stylish, though maybe not quite as serious as it wants to be.
30
Time
By the time Scenarist Allen and Director Fosse have wrung them out, what's left - with one exception - is mostly slack and sour.

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