Cabaret /

"Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York)--whom she shares with a homosexual German baron. But Sally's small, carefree, tolerant and fragile caba...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Cabaret (Motion picture : 1972)
Other Authors:	Allen, Jay Presson, 1922-2006 (Screenwriter), Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987 (choreographer (expression)), Burns, Ralph (Conductor, music director,, arranger of music,), Kander, John (composer (expression)), Ebb, Fred (Lyricist), Minnelli, Liza (Actor), York, Michael, 1942- (Actor), Griem, Helmut (Actor), Berenson, Marisa, 1942- (Actor), Grey, Joel, 1932- (Actor), Masteroff, Joe (Librettist), Van Druten, John, 1901-1957, Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : ABC Pictures Corporation, 1972.
Subjects:	Bowles, Sally (Fictitious character) > Drama. Berlin (Germany) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > Germany > Berlin > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Berlin (Germany) > History > 1918-1945. Musical films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	"Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York)--whom she shares with a homosexual German baron. But Sally's small, carefree, tolerant and fragile cabaret world is about to be crushed under the boot of the Nazis as Berlin becomes a trap from which Sally's German friends will not escape in this ground-breaking, blockbuster film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret."
Item Description:	Originally released as motion picture in 1972. Based on the musical play of the same title (book by Joe Masteroff), the play "I am a camera" by John Van Druten, and the Berlin stories of Christopher Isherwood.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (123 min., 41 sec.)) : digital, sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:	Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Actress, Liza Minnelli and Best Director, Bob Fosse.
Production Credits:	Music, John Kander ; lyrics, Fred Ebb ; music supervisor, arranger and conductor, Ralph Burns ; choreographer, Bob Fosse ; cinematography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; film editor, David Bretherton.