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Cabaret

Cabaret

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Cabaret

"Life is a Cabaret."

1972

2h 4m

7.4(1004 votes)

Music

Romance

Drama

Overview

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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Bavaria Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Sally Bowles

Michael York

Michael York

Brian Roberts

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Maximilian von Heune

Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Master of Ceremonies

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wendel

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Natalia Landauer

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Fräulein Schneider

Helen Vita

Helen Vita

Fräulein Kost

Sigrid von Richthofen

Sigrid von Richthofen

Fräulein Mayr

Gerd Vespermann

Bobby

Creative team

Directed by: Bob Fosse
Written by: Jay Presson Allen
Produced by: Cy Feuer

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