Cabaret Page #4

Synopsis: 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 overco
Genre: Drama, Musical
Director(s): Bob Fosse
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Won 8 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG
Year:
1972
124 min
6,774 Views


My English.

l am rending you an embarrassment?

No, no, l'm fascinated.

Fritz Wendel has declared love for me.

At first l not taking this seriously.

He is so...

...so formal. And also l think so much...

...the gigolo who hunts for the fortune.

ls that what you say?

That's what we say, all right.

Then...

...the night before yesterday...

...my parents are from the house...

...und we are seated here...

...upon my father's library sofa.

Suddenly...

...he throws aside the formalities...

-...there is fire, there is passion.

-Oh, my God...

-...he pounced!

-Please?

He made love to you.

On my father's library sofa.

Und even for that

he is showing no respect.

l am fighting,

l'm calling out harsh words...

...but then....

May we not be frank?

Suddenly...

...all is...equal fire...

...equal passion in me.

And since then, l think only of him.

Now, is this love...

...or mere fatuation of the body?

You with so many, as you call,

''screwings''...

...shall please tell me the truth of it.

Please.

Does it really matter,

as long as you're having fun?

How can you speak of ''fun''?

He has asked me to marry him.

Well, that's wonderful. Why don't you?

And say to my father that l am marrying

a man who is perhaps a fortune hunter?

And a Christian, too.

Oh, this l think is...breaking his heart.

Well, in that case then, l guess

you better just forget the whole thing.

Forget Fritz?

How am l ever forgetting Fritz?

Look, l really have to be running along.

Don't cry.

Oh, please, don't cry.

l'm no good at all if anybody cries.

Natalia, about Fritz pouncing...

...you see, l thought....

l didn't think....

How shall so grave a problem

resolve itself?

Poor thing.

You can't marry him.

You can't give him up.

l don't suppose you'd ever consider

seeing him on the sly, every now....

No, l didn't think so.

My God, it's enough

to drive a girl into a convent.

Do they have Jewish nuns?

-Good day.

-Good day.

Please...can you wash...?

-Excuse me, miss, l think you lost this.

-What?

-l think you dropped this.

-Yes, thank you.

Can you wash my clothes...

...Monday, Tuesday?

l'm sorry, l don't understand you.

Excuse me, may l help you?

l want my laundry back by Tuesday.

The young lady would like

her laundry back by Tuesday.

l understand.

lt's okay.

Thank you so much.

Maximilian von Heune.

Sally Bowles.

Do you have a cigarette?

l'm absolutely desperate.

l must have left mine at the club.

The Kit Kat Klub.

Divine decadence.

May l drop you somewhere?

l have my car outside.

All right.

-Auf wiedersehen.

-Auf wiedersehen, darling.

Money.

Money.

''Money makes the world go around

''The world go around

The world go around.

''Money makes the world go around

lt makes the world go round.

''A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound

A buck or a pound

''A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound

ls all that makes the world go around.

''That clinking, clanking sound

Could make the world go round.

''Money, money, money, money

Money, money, money, money

''Money, money, money, money

''Money, money, money, money

''lf you happen to be rich and you feel

Like a night entertainment

''You can pay for a gay escapade.

lf you happen to be rich and alone

''And you need a companion

You can ring

''For the maid.

lf you happen to be rich

''And you find you are left by your lover

''And you moan and you groan quite a lot

''You can take it on the chin

Call a cab und begin to recover

''On your 14-carat yacht.''

What?

''Money makes the world go around

''The world go around

The world go around.

''Money makes the...go around

Of that we both are sure

''On being poor.

''Money, money, money

Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

Money, money, money

''Money, money, money

Money, money, money

''Money, money, money, money

Money, money, money, money

''Money, money, money, money

''When you haven't any coal in the stove

And you freeze in the winter

''And you curse to the wind

At your fate.

''When you haven't any shoes

On your feet

''Your coat's thin as paper

And you look 30 pounds underweight.

''When you go to get a word

Of advice from the fat little pastor

''He will tell you to love evermore.

''But when hunger comes to rap

Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat at the window

-At the window.

-Who's there?

-Hunger.

-Oh, hunger!

''See how love flies out the door.

''Money makes the world go around

The world go around, the world.

''Money makes the world go around

The clinking, clanking sound.

''Money, money, money, money

Money, money, money, money

''Get a little, get a little

Money, money, money, money

''A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound

That clinking, clanking, clunking sound

''ls all that makes the world go round

lt makes the world go round.''

lt's called Trkenblut.

''Turk's blood.'' A famous German drink.

lt's divine. l'll never drink anything else.

Prost, my friend.

Prost.

Well, mes enfants,

you are like me, adrift in Berlin.

l think it's my duty to corrupt you.

Agreed?

Fascinating.

Let's go to the Kempinsky.

Darling, he's a baron.

He never even told me.

Class!

He must know everybody.

l betcha a man like that

could get me into films...

...faster than you can say

Eric von Stroheim.

ln exchange for a little infidelity.

A little infidelity? ldiot!

Don't worry, l can handle him.

Trust me. Just trust me, darling.

All right, don't trust me.

l had a marvelous time last night.

So did l.

Darling.

Darling.

Bri, darling, wake up.

We have a visitor. Maximilian's here.

Please, what time is it?

-Three thirty.

-l'm sorry, Brian, we're late.

Oh, darling,

we had the most glorious time.

-We didn't stop laughing.

-Don't open your eyes.

Don't look! Okay.

lsn't it fabulous?

l feel just like Kay Francis.

Bri, why didn't you come?

We had the best time, and so much fun.

-Max really knows how to corrupt a girl.

-l try.

Not only did l get this glorious pelt,

l got perfume, l got silk stockings....

And you got that funny little blue hat.

You call it funny.

l think it's divine. l love it.

Oh, God, we didn't get anything for Brian.

l'm afraid l had no time

to have it wrapped.

Darling, isn't that beautiful?

What on earth makes you think

l'd accept that?

-To give me pleasure.

-Max loves buying things.

Brian, you're a man of strong convictions.

Can we have caviar again?

But, you had it for breakfast.

Can l have it for lunch?

For lunch, for dinner, breakfast again--

Anything you want.

Drei Caviar, bitte!

That's for me. What are you having?

Oh, you should have been there.

The Nazis are just a gang of stupid

hooligans, but they do serve a purpose.

Let them get rid of the Communists.

Later we'll be able to control them.

-But who exactly is ''we''?

-Germany, of course.

Hey, Max, can we go to the Bristol Bar?

-Why not?

-Oh, wonderful.

l'm dying to show off my new coat.

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Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. "You write to please yourself," she said, "The only office where there's no superior is the office of the scribe." more…

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