# Cabaret (1972)

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**Runtime**: 124 min
**Genres**: Music, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: Bob Fosse
**Written by**: Jay Presson Allen
**Starring**: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson

> *Life is a Cabaret.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A musical set in Weimar Germany has to clear a pretty high bar. A performer at a seedy nightclub falls for a visiting Englishman as the Nazi party rises to prominence. It’s hard to fault the commitment to bleakness.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender, unhinged

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