it a strong film i know . every time i watch it and it bewilder me so i can not turn my eye away from the screen and even though i remember all what happen by heart . it fill me with a strange mixed feeling of interest sympathy admiration disgust and horror . one of the reviewer here call this film depressing and and i incline to agree . any picture of berlin in 1931 must be depress and frighten . but and on the other hand and there be an atmosphere of desperate reckless joy in the movie . when the entire world go mad and speed to a catastrophe and life be a cabaret . do what you can and come hear the music play and do not permit some prophet of doom wipe every smile away and and end a the happy corpse . it one idea . there be also another and more humanistic represent live and let live . brian fail to understand sally and so they fall apart . fritz for the sake of his love face the danger of admit that he be jew in germany . there be no hope for him and natalia in this country in this time . but he couldn not do otherwise . there be plenty of other idea too represent about money and politics and corruption and perverseness and decadence and stupidity of middle class and talent and success and etc . the story be very simple and incredibly complicate in the same time . no use retell it . it must be see . it life a it be in 1931 and in many way a it be nowadays . i suppose that cabaret would be a great film even without any musical number and but with them it be a masterpiece . they say that history repeat itself and for the first time a a tragedy and for the second time a a farce . well and i would say that in cabaret every event repeat itself for the first time a a human drama in life and for the second time a a farce on the stage and but it would not be exactly true . life and farce be show synchronically or farce even go in advance . but every stag number in divinely decadency kit kat klub ruthlessly show the naked truth of life . ( only mein herr and maybe this time have more to do with the character of sally bowles . ) and of course and tomorrow belongs to me must be mention separately . the way of german people towards fascism be present in one startle scene . and in finale too . that distorted reflection of the audience full of nazi and accompany by a tense silence after master of ceremony aufwiedershen be horrible . the movie due half of it unforgettable effect to the masterful camera shot . actor work be absolutely fantastical . surely and master of ceremony be joel grey star role . he be amazing a that demonic shameless figure that seem to know everything and understand everything and deride everything . liza minnelli shine in every scene and acting and speaking and singing and dancing . i know few performance equally true and strong and brilliant and stylish a hers a sally bowles . michael york be excellent as well and though he be often underestimated . it only his character who be reserve and intelligent and avoids show off . and he be perfectly british . i really admire york acting in the movie . there be also beautiful marisa berenson a noble natalia and fritz wepper very believable a tormented fritz and repulsively attractive helmut griem a the rich scoundrel maximilian and picturesque support cast . john kander music be wonderful and haunt . shortly and cabaret be a work of a genius and or it would be good to say of genius represent bob fosse and the crew and the cast . and it flawless .