Part of Music City Mondays
Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York), whom she shares with a German baron. But Sally’s small, carefree, tolerant and fragile cabaret world is about to be crushed under the boot of the Nazis — as Berlin becomes a trap from which Sally’s German friends will not escape in this ground-breaking, blockbuster film version of the Broadway musical. Winner of eight Academy Awards.
See also: LIZA, NEW YORK NEW YORK (35mm)
“It is literate, bawdy, sophisticated, sensual, cynical, heart-warming, and disturbingly thought-provoking.” —Variety “This viscerally powerful, deliriously inspired musical stands the test of time, and then some.” —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian “This is no ordinary musical. Part of its success comes because it doesn’t fall for the old cliché that musicals have to make you happy…. Sally is brought magnificently to the screen in an Oscar-winning performance by Liza Minnelli…. Liza demonstrates unmistakably that she’s one of the great musical performers of our time.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times (Jan 1, 1972)
