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44 years ago.
Hard to believe.
"Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Without much money, he plans on making a living teaching English while living in an inexpensive rooming house, where he befriends another of the tenants, American Sally Bowles.
She is outwardly a flamboyant, perpetually happy person who works as a singer at the decadent Kit Kat Klub, a cabaret styled venue. Sally's outward façade is matched by that of the Klub, overseen by the omnipresent Master of Ceremonies. Sally draws Brian into her world, and initially wants him to be one of her many lovers, until she learns that he is a homosexual, albeit a celibate one.
Among their other friends are his students, the poor Fritz Wendel, who wants to be a gigolo to live a comfortable life, and the straight-laced and beautiful Natalia Landauer, a Jewish heiress. Fritz initially sees Natalia as his money ticket, but eventually falls for her. However Natalia is suspect of his motives and cannot ... Written by Huggo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068327/?ref_=nv_sr_1
redwitch
(14,944 posts)Love this movie. Hubbie and I saw it on Broadway and the production was incredible!
trof
(54,256 posts)The ones where you always see something you missed each time you see it.
GWTW, Casablanca, Some Like It Hot, etc...
This time I caught the lines mentioning Max Reinhardt might come by the club to "discover" Sally--both at the beginning and the end of the movie.
Before my son received his Fulbright scholarship several years ago to spend 10 months in Berlin studying German theatre--with an emphasis on
Max Reinhardt--I had no idea who he was. Never got the reference any time I saw the movie in the last 40 (!!) years.
Damn! I can't believe I'm that old!