STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Michael York Joel Grey Helmut Griem Liza Minnelli

Directors Bob Fosse

Screenwriters Christopher Isherwood John Van Druten Joe Masteroff Jay Allen

Running Time 123 minutes

Cabaret (15)

Plot
Berlin in the 1920s. American Chanteuse Sally Bowles has a fling with bisexual British writer Brian Roberts and tries to carve out a career as a gold-digger, putting the moves on a handsome aristocrat, while the ascendant Nazis put a crimp in their madcap lifestyle.

Verdict
Winner of eight Academy Awards, this holds up as a great musical of style and sleaze. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are electrifying; director Bob Fosse's choreography and the camera work are scintillating.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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