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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the audience applauded
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A different way of telling a story
With a little decisiveness and unwillingness, the protagonist left the old era full of laziness and psychedelic, perhaps because in this world, reason can only make him more vulnerable. The little hotel contains the precursors of the changing era, and the clowns who are onlookers have become true wise men to some extent. The same is a small pattern metaphor for the big era, "The Magic Mountain" of Thomas Mann reminds people of the consequences of indulgence, this film is to depict the sinking itself.
Welcome to the Kit Kat Club with all the dancing, debauchery, and drama!Fantastic song & dance interspersed with a dramatic story of who loves who and who sleeps with whom.Too much drama for me.
The only movie that I have ever gotten chills to. A great movie exploring many different aspects of German life in 1932 such as Homosexuality and the Rising Nazi Party. It is a great movie to just sit down and watch because it is not particularly depressing nor psychologically demanding.
Liza Minnelli shines as Sally Bowles in the Cabaret musical film adaptation. The musical itself was adapted from a novel and played on Broadway(NYC, US) and West End (London, UK) from 1966 to 1969. Liza was a real nightclub singer and although she carries the role and act well, she is like the character she plays, a better singer than actress. "Maybe This Time" is the best song for melody, lyrics and performance, but "Money" with Minnelli and Joel Grey also delivers. They would both win an acting Oscar for their role. Joel Grey is also delightful in "Two Ladies" with another funny choreography and fitting art direction. Director Bob Fosse, along with cinematographer, editor, sound, score and art direction won awards and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture and Screenplay but lost to The Godfather (1972) which was better in both aspects. Its 8 wins are the most ever won for a movie that did not win Best Picture.The directing succeeds in a few scenes, including the disarray of the German woman, Natalia Landauer (played by Marisa Berenson) who has been ravished and feels lust and love- She asks advise and confess to promiscuous Sally in probably the best non musical scene.The rest of the movie carries through nicely and neatly but with less flair. Cinematography does shine on occasion with some swift visuals. Colours, movements, feelings in either interior or exterior shots.A nice musical that could have benefited from slightly better source material but that transit to the screen effectively and also deals with the slow and innocuous rise of the Nazi in the background.Flirty, full of life and rich beyond its minor imperfections.