A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
- Won 8 Oscars
- 35 wins & 17 nominations total
Sigrid von Richthofen
- Fraulein Mayr
- (as Sigrid Von Richthofen)
Ricky Renée
- Elke
- (as Ricky Renee)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAuthor Christopher Isherwood, who created the character of Sally Bowles for a 1937 novella, enjoyed the attention the movie brought to his career, but he felt Liza Minnelli was too talented for the role. According to him, Sally Bowles was based on Jean Ross, a 19-year-old amateur singer and aspiring actress who lived under the delusion that she had star quality, the antithesis of Judy Garland's daughter.
- GoofsWhen Brian thrusts the plate of cake at Sally, the cake slides off the plate and slips down to her lap. In the next shot the cake is up on her chest.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits run in complete silence.
- Alternate versionsIn the film's first telecast, on ABC-TV, all reference to Max's bisexuality was edited out, changing the motivation one of the other characters completely.
Featured review
A film with a single character: The Master of Ceremonies. An ambiguous spell and walls of illusion. Subtle exploration of chimera and fall of an era. A special inebriation and columns of words, songs, dreams, love, lies, freedom and hypocrisy like shield against terrible future. Nothing real, nothing splendid or ugly. Only the believe in miracle and in art to build another tomorrow. Joel Grey- in a magnificent role- is the almighty puppeteer. Master of show, maker of sins, lenient, sarcastic, cruel, brutal, ambiguous, a vulnerable androgynous god, he is the incarnation of Old Greek anenke. So, the film, cobweb of lights, smiles, dances and promises, good intentions and fear, is not pledge for classical "Life is theater play" or "Life is dream" but for the painful "Life is only refined lie". Natalia Landauer and his husband,the charming Sally Bowles,the wistful innocent Brian Roberts, are victims of same illusion who can be skin of reality.
Beautiful film. Gorgeous music. Great acting.
Beautiful film. Gorgeous music. Great acting.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kabare
- Filming locations
- Berlin, Germany(filmed on location in West Berlin)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $77,612
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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