Cabaret (film)

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Movie
Original title Cabaret
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1972
length 124 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Bob Fosse
script Jay Presson Allen
production Cy fire for
Allied Artists
music John Kander
camera Geoffrey Unsworth
cut David Bretherton
occupation
synchronization

Cabaret is an American film musical directed by Bob Fosse from 1972. Liza Minnelli , Michael York , Helmut Griem , Fritz Wepper , Marisa Berenson and Joel Gray play important roles . The music was penned by John Kander , the lyrics by Fred Ebb . The film was based on the Broadway musical of the same name and the autobiographical novel Goodbye To Berlin by Christopher Isherwood . The film won a total of eight Academy Awards at the 1973 Academy Awards. Many critics consider it one of the greatest film musicals of all time.

action

The setting is Berlin in 1931, shortly before the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists . The English linguist and budding author Brian Roberts is moving into a cheap pension in order to mainly work on his dissertation and to be able to make a living by translating literature and doing some private English lessons. At the guesthouse, Brian meets the singer Sally Bowles , who also lives there. The native American appears in the Kit Kat Club , where a partly satirical, partly erotic number cabaret takes place every evening . Sally dreams of a career as a "real" actress and, in return, coolly calculates all kinds of admirers and affairs. For Brian, on the other hand, she develops honest sympathy, but he in particular remains very reserved towards her. Sally interprets his statement that he has so far been little attracted to women as a sign of homosexuality , but trusting her charms she does not give up, and finally a close love relationship actually develops.

When the wealthy, urbane nobleman Maximilian von Heune enters Sally's life, Brian at first becomes jealous , but soon he too is attracted to Maximilian's extremely engaging nature. Still, he can't stand the thought of sharing Sally with someone else. There is an argument in which Sally frankly admits that she has slept with Maximilian - and so does Brian. Both are equally shocked. Even more humiliating: Maximilian has meanwhile left for Argentina and left them a sum of money. In his frustration, Brian attacks a Nazi propaganda stand on the street and is brutally beaten. While Sally nurses him to health, they forgive each other again.

A subplot tells the story between the gigolo Fritz Wendel and the Jewish woman Natalia Landauer, who met in Brian's English class and soon made friends with Sally and Brian. After the very rich merchant's daughter Natalia first thought Fritz was a dowry hunter, she realizes his true feelings towards her. But she does not want to agree to a marriage because the influence of the National Socialists is growing and the politically motivated acts of violence against Jews are becoming increasingly noticeable. Since Fritz was a Christian, she didn't want to endanger him as a Jew. Fritz confesses to her that he is also a Jew, which he has kept secret so far, because he did not want to be exposed to the prejudices and hatred of Jews. The two get married in a synagogue .

Sally becomes pregnant. Brian proposes to her and wants to take her with him to his new job at Cambridge University as a wife. But Sally remembers her dreams of a glamorous show career, which she would have to bury as the wife of a university lecturer with a child. In addition, she doesn't know for sure who the father is, and she may also fear that Brian's feelings towards men could hinder a long-term happy relationship. So they can finally without Brian's knowledge the child abortion . Brian reacts horrified, but then accepts her decision. In loving separation from Sally, Brian leaves town by train from Anhalter Bahnhof . The last scene shows Sally again as a singer in the Kit Kat Club , who has now noticeably adapted his program to the zeitgeist. Uniformed National Socialists, who a few months earlier were ridiculed from the bar, have now taken their seats in the first rows.

background

While the stage version of the premiere brought the role of Miss Schneider (played by Lotte Lenya on Broadway ) to the fore, Bob Fosse focused on the love story between Sally Bowles and the young writer Brian Roberts. Most of the interior shots were taken in Munich's Bavaria Studios , while the exterior shots were mostly in West Berlin ; one of the locations was the Eutin Castle .

synchronization

There are two German-language versions that differ in the text. The West German synchronous processing was created in 1972 at Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke in Berlin . The dialogue book was written by Fritz A. Koeniger , and the dubbing director was Dietmar Behnke . While the German actors Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Ralf Wolter and Helen Vita synchronized themselves, Hannelore Elsner spoke for Liza Minnelli, Thomas Danneberg for Michael York and Katrin Miclette for Marisa Berenson . This version was originally shortened by several scenes (which is why a separate version was made in the GDR ), but these were reinserted later. It is not known whether the synchronization was already available or whether the scenes were resynchronized later.

In the 1974 East German adaptation of the DEFA Studio for Synchronization, Peter Groeger was in charge of the dubbing direction ; the dialogue book came from Eberhard Richter . The main roles were spoken by Angelika Waller and Winfried Glatzeder ; Jenny Gröllmann , Holger Mahlich and Klaus Piontek can also be heard in other roles . In contrast to the West German version, the voice of Joel Gray (conférencier) was also dubbed in some passages, but otherwise for the most part, as well as the vocal parts, left in the original sound.

An exception and specialty is the song Tomorrow is mine , which is performed by a youth in Hitler Youth uniform in the beer garden of a country inn. The German actor Oliver Collignon portrayed the Hitler Youth ( not listed in the credits ). He sang the English text version Tomorrow Belongs to Me and was dubbed in the original by the American actor Mark Lambert . The German dubbing is based on a German text, whereby the recording of the solo part is identical in both versions, but not the chorus of the other guests who gradually join the singing. Gradually drowning out the soloists, they sing in the DEFA version: "Oh Vaterland, Vaterland, we stand ready ...", while the Berliner Synchron, on the other hand, sing: "Oh Vaterland, Vaterland, show us the way ...". In the latter variant, the German-language arrangement of the song was also adopted by the French and Italian dubbing.

Reviews

"Despite the remarkable performance in representation and camera work [...] over long stretches non-binding and superficial, since the plot threatens to fade next to the brilliantly choreographed and performed cabaret numbers."

- Lexicon of international film

"[...] rousing and almost too glamorous [...]. (Rating: 3 1 ⁄ 2  of 4 possible stars - exceptional) "

- Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in: Lexicon "Films on TV".

Awards

The film won a total of eight Academy Awards in 1973 in the following categories:
The film also received nominations in the categories of Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay . Cabaret is the film that won the most Oscars without receiving the Oscar for Best Picture (which went to The Godfather ).
The film won a total of three Golden Globes in 1973 in the following categories:
The film also received another six nominations.
The film was nominated for another four prizes.
  • 2004: Song Cabaret # 18 of the best American film songs (AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs)
  • 2006: No. 5 of the best American film musicals (AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals)
  • 2007: # 63 of the best American films of all time (AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition)

literature

  • Francesco Mismirigo: Cabaret, un film allemand . Université de Genève, 1984

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cabaret in synchrondatenbank.de by Arne Kaul, accessed on March 9, 2019
  2. ↑ DEFA Foundation's film database , accessed on February 19, 2011
  3. ↑ Cabaret. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on TV". Extended new edition. Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 117.