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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Awards
Won 11 awards, including the Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Director (1973)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1973)
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Box office
Grossed $42.8M worldwide, about 9.3 times its $4.6M budget
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Based on
Based on Cabaret
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Fred Ebb and John Kander
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Joe MasteroffNovel
- Jay Presson AllenScreenplay
- Christopher IsherwoodNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 13, 1972
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4.6M
- Revenue
- $42.8M
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
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Cast
Liza MinnelliSally Bowles
Michael YorkBrian Roberts
Helmut GriemMaximilian von Heune
Joel GreyMaster of Ceremonies
Fritz WepperFritz Wendel
Marisa BerensonNatalia Landauer
Elisabeth Neumann-ViertelFräulein Schneider
Helen VitaFräulein Kost
Sigrid von RichthofenFräulein Mayr- Gerd VespermannBobby
Ralf WolterHerr Ludwig- Georg HartmannWilli
- Ricky RenéeElke
- Estrongo NachamaCantor
Kathryn DobyKit-Kat Dancer- Inge JaegerKit-Kat Dancer
- Angelika KochKit-Kat Dancer
- Helen VelkovorskaKit-Kat Dancer
- Gitta SchmidtKit-Kat Dancer
- Louise QuickKit-Kat Dancer
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