Cabaret (1972)

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Originally a 1966 Broadway musical, this groundbreaking Bob Fosse musical was in turn based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin, previously dramatized for stage and screen as I Am a Camera with Julie Harris as Sally Bowles. Fosse uses the decadent and vulgar cabaret as a mirror image of German society sliding toward the Nazis, and this intertwining of entertainment with social history marked a new step forward for the movie musical. Michael York plays a British writer who comes to Berlin in the early 1930s in hopes of becoming a teacher. He makes the acquaintance of flamboyant American entertainer Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minnelli. Sally works at the Kit Kat Klub, a George Grosz-like Berlin cabaret where each night the smirking, androgynous Master of Ceremonies (Joel Grey) introduces a jazz-driven "girlie show" to his debauched audience. Virtually all the film's musical numbers are staged within the confines of the Kit Kat Klub, and each song comments on the plot and on Germany's "progression" from hedonism to Hitlerism. Most of the Broadway score by John Kander and Fred Ebb was retained, with the welcome addition of "The Money Song." Although it lost Best Picture to The Godfather, Cabaret won eight Oscars, including awards to Minnelli, Grey, and Fosse. A heavily expurgated 88-minute version of Cabaret has been prepared for commercial TV presentations, regarded by many as dramatically inferior to the full cut. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

124 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Bob Fosse

Writer(s):

Hugh Wheeler, Jay Presson Allen

Producer(s):

Cy Feuer

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Adult Humor, Profanity, Adult Situations, Drug Content, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations)

Categories:

Drama, Music & Performing Arts

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• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Supporting Actor
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Actress
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Adaptation and Original Song Score
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Director
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Editing
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Sound
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Sound
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy - Best Cinematography
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Actress
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Adaptation and Original Song Score
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Sound
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Sound
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Cinematography
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Director
• 1972 - Cabaret - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Editing
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy Awards - Most Promising Newcomer
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy Awards - Best Film
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy Awards - Best Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy Awards - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy Awards - Best Cinematography
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Most Promising Newcomer
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Picture
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Soundtrack
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Soundtrack
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Soundtrack
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Art Direction
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Cinematography
• 1972 - Cabaret - British Academy of Film and Television - Best Director
• 1972 - Cabaret - Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actor
• 1972 - Cabaret - Golden Globe - Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
• 1972 - Cabaret - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
• 1972 - Cabaret - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
• 1972 - Cabaret - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
• 1994 - Cabaret - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
• 1972 - Cabaret - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actress
• 1972 - Cabaret - National Board of Review - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
• 1972 - Cabaret - National Board of Review - Best Director
• 1972 - Cabaret - National Board of Review - Best Picture
• 1972 - Cabaret - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
• 1972 - Cabaret - Venice International Film Festival - Film Presented