i really want to see this movie after i buy the soundtrack for the broadway revival version of the cabaret musical this summer . so i buy the dvd and at first i be a little disappointed . not by the movie really and but by the fact that not all the song from the broadway show be in the film . i really love that soundtrack so it matter to me a lot . well by now i have really get over it . it doesn not matter anymore because the film work so well without the other song and i feel it have everything essential from the stage version and which i have never even see btw and yet anyway . this be not your typical musical . it be make in a very realistic way and so there be no sudden singing like normally in musical . almost all the song be perform in the kit kat club and they add to the seedy atmosphere there . think about it now this be a good choice . it allow you to really focus on the character and their development . a a realistic drama cabaret be wonderful . the actor be very good . i never care much for liza minelli before but in this film she give the perfect performance . be very believable a sally and who go through so many thing but still and in the end and decides to continue like before . life be a cabaret old chum . michael yorke and joel grey be also very good . i have a thing for alan cumming from the broadway version a the mc and he seem so sleazy it be amaze and but i have to admit that joel grey be excellent in the movie . he be all together funny and creepy and i do not wonder why he get the oscar from this role . cabaret deal a lot with the nazi come into power in germany in the early 1930 and even though it look like a secondary theme in the movie . the closing shot be off a room full of nazis show through a mirror . it leave no question about the future of germany . i haven not see that many film deal with pre nazi germany before and i think this one do it quite well . so cabaret be basically not just a musical . it have some darker theme about society and as well a show u what the night life and and life in general and in poor germany after the first world war just before hitler come to power be like . and yes it also have wonderful musical scene and good acting and be definitely worth the time to check out if these thing interest you . positive . so and life be disappointing . forget it . in here and life be beautiful . the girl be beautiful . even the orchestra be beautiful .