CABARET (CERT. 15)
USA 1972 DIRECTED BY BOB FOSSE
COLOUR 2h 4m
WITH: LIZA MINNELLI, MICHAEL YORK, JOEL GREY, HELMUT GRIEM
Celebrated but unconventional musical, based on Christopher Isherwood’s reminiscences of Berlin c. 1931, with both the decadent night-life and the growing Nazi menace seen through the relationship between a young British visitor and the vivacious singer, Sally Bowles.
WITH HARD OF HEARING SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH
8 Academy Awards (Oscars)
7 BAFTAs (including Best Film)
‘Fosse’s sensuous, velvety paean to glittery hedonism in fascist times is too heady, too potent, too
fascinating to dismiss.’ – Film of the Week
‘Instead of cheapening the movie version by lightening its level of despair, Fosse has gone right to the bleak heart of the material and stayed there.’ – Roger Ebert
‘A satire of temptations: we see the decadence as garish and sleazy, yet we also see the animal energy in it. A great movie musical.’ – Pauline Kael
‘Most unusual: literate, bawdy, sophisticated, sensual, cynical, heart-warming and disturbingly thought-provoking.’ – A.D. Murphy, Variety
