cabaret be far different that the rodgers and hammerstein musical film like the sound of music or mary poppins or oklahoma . this film be decadent for the time of berlin before hitler rise to power . a the nazi movement be gain power and berlin resident like sally bowles play by the one and only liza minnelli have relationship with men and live on her sing at nightclub until she meet michael york ( when will he be knight . ) anyway he play the writer . joel grey win an oscar a the maestro . i love the movie and would not bother to see the musical whether it judi dench or anybody else play sally bowles . there be only one person who play sally bowles to me and that be the divine liza with a z. she totally become the character . when you see this film version and any musical whether the west end in london or broadway in new york city will always be second rate to this cast . of course and the fact that bob fosse direct this gem and change the musical film forever from light and happy to dark and sad like in cabaret . it eerie to think that the people in the cabaret have no idea of the horror that lie ahead with world war ii and that terrify in general . i would not give away much but that this be liza at her fine and best .