Though this film adaptation of the well-known musical is a classic of the genre, it transcends conventionally established limits. All the musical numbers are performed on stage at a cabaret and they serve as a commentary on the action, which unfolds as a realistic period piece. Cabaret differs from traditional lightweight musicals in its politicised content: the story takes place in 1930’s Berlin at a time when the Nazis are inconspicuously coming to power. The creators of the stage version rewrote some of the songs for the film and thus the screen version is generally considered more successful than the play. Undoubtedly, director Bob Fosse can take credit for this, as he managed to link the story’s various levels and to provide the film with his proverbial energy and ability to concisely express human emotion. The film is indebted for its great success (eight Oscars, among other awards) to Liza Minnelli in the leading role of American cabaret singer Sally Bowles. In 1931 this nonconformist young woman befriends Englishman Brian Roberts, and they and aristocratic lady killer Maximilian witness Hitler’s rise to power and the gradual transformation of the once cosmopolitan town. Soon enough, Brown Shirts, who have already taken over the streets also “conquer” the Kit Kat Klub, the cabaret of the film’s title, presided over by that now all-too-famous wisecracking master of ceremonies....