rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1972
Directed by Bob Fosse; produced by Cy Feuer; screenplay by Jay Allen
Starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
After seeing 'Chicago' I wanted to see one of the inspirations for that
movie, 'Cabaret'. In the first couple of minutes you see its influence on
'Chicago' and where that film was good and fun, this one is even better and
more fun. On the dramatic point this movie scores higher as well since the
movie is set in Germany only 2 years before Adolf Hitler will be the leader
there.
The songs in 'Cabaret' are great, and together with nice things on stage,
most of the time very funny, the musical numbers are a lot of fun. Together
with great costumes, a terrific cinematography and a perfect art direction
and set decoration this movie looks marvelous. Liza Minnelli is pretty good
as Sally Bowles, Michael York as Brian, Helmut Griem as Max, Fritz Wepper as
Fritz and Marisa Berenson as Natalia are great in their supporting roles.
The best performance in this movie is for Joel Grey as the master of
ceremonies. He is in every musical number and he steals the show. If you
liked 'Moulin Rouge!' or 'Chicago' there is a good chance you will like
'Cabaret' as well (and vise versa).