Movie 212/1001 ~ Cabaret

Caberet stars Liza Minelli as a singer from a night club in early 30s Berlin. She has dreams of becoming a great actress using her singing talents. Then a man moves into her apartment and love and the rising Nazi power both play factors as the film progresses. This movie is a quasi-musical. The musical that it is based had several of its songs cut, and several new songs were added for the movie so that the movie's characters wouldn't burst into song to advance the plot. This makes the movie seem more like real life. All of the songs are performed as part of the caberet show and underscore themes from the film. I really liked this movie.

Fun Fact: Caberet has the distinction of winning the most Oscars without winning best picture. It won eight.

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